SEC. 2745. ENFORCEMENT.
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<<NOTE: 42 USC 300gg-45.>>
``(a) State Enforcement.--
``(1) State authority.--Subject to section 2746, each State
may require that health insurance issuers that issue, sell,
renew, or offer health insurance coverage in the State in the
individual market meet the requirements established under this
part with respect to such issuers.
``(2) Failure to implement requirements.--In the case of a
State that fails to substantially enforce the requirements set
forth in this part with respect to health insurance issuers in
the State, the Secretary shall enforce the requirements of this
part under subsection (b) insofar as they relate to the
issuance, sale, renewal, and offering of health insurance
coverage in the individual market in such State.
``(b) Secretarial Enforcement Authority.--The Secretary shall have
the same authority in relation to enforcement of the provisions of this
part with respect to issuers of health insurance coverage in the
individual market in a State as the Secretary has under section
2722(b)(2) in relation to the enforcement of the provisions of part A
with respect to issuers of health insurance coverage in the small group
market in the State.
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