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1 SEC. 137. APPLICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICA-

2 TION.

3 A QHBP offering entity is required to comply with

4 standards for electronic financial and administrative
5 transactions under section 1173A of the Social Security
6 Act, added by section 163(a).
7 Subtitle E—Governance
8 SEC. 141. HEALTH CHOICES ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH

9 CHOICES COMMISSIONER.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby established, as an

11 independent agency in the executive branch of the Govern-
12 ment, a Health Choices Administration (in this division
13 referred to as the ‘‘Administration’’).
14 (b) COMMISSIONER.—
15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall be
16 headed by a Health Choices Commissioner (in this
17 division referred to as the ‘‘Commissioner’’) who
18 shall be appointed by the President, by and with the
19 advice and consent of the Senate.
20 (2) COMPENSATION; ETC.—The provisions of
21 paragraphs (2), (5) and (7) of subsection (a) (relat-
22 ing to compensation, terms, general powers, rule-
23 making, and delegation) of section 702 of the Social
24 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902) shall apply to the
25 Commissioner and the Administration in the same
26 manner as such provisions apply to the Commis-
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