---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 800.110"
title: "45"
number: "800.110"
heading: "Service area."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/800.110"
---

# §800.110. Service area.


An MSP issuer must offer an MSP option within one or more service areas in a State defined by each Exchange pursuant to [45 CFR 155.1055](/cfr/45/155.1055.md). If an Exchange permits issuers to define their service areas, an MSP issuer must obtain OPM's approval for its proposed service areas. Pursuant to [§ 800.104](/cfr/45/800.104.md) of this part, OPM may enter into a contract with an MSP issuer even if the MSP issuer's MSP options for a State cover fewer than all the service areas specified for that State. MSP options will follow the same standards for service areas for QHPs pursuant to [45 CFR 155.1055](/cfr/45/155.1055.md).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1334 of Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119; Pub. L. 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029 (42 U.S.C. 18054).

### Source

Source: 80 FR 9655, Feb. 24, 2015; 80 FR 16577, Mar. 30, 2015, unless otherwise noted.