Title I, SEC. 1321. CONTRACTS WITH HEALTH PLANS. (a) Contracts with Plans. (1) In general. In order to assure the availability of the comprehensive benefit package to eligible individuals residing in the alliance area in a cost-effective manner, except as provided in this section, each regional alliance shall negotiate with any willing State-certified health plan to enter into a contract with the alliance for the enrollment under the plan of eligible individuals in the alliance area. Subject to paragraph (2), a regional alliance shall not enter into any such contract with a health plan that is not a State-certified health plan. (2) Treatment of certain plans. Each regional alliance shall enter into a contract under this section with any veterans health plan of the Department of Veterans Affairs and with a Uniformed Services Health Plan of the Department of Defense, that offers the comprehensive benefit package to eligible individuals residing in the alliance area if the appropriate official requests to enter into such a contract. (b) General Conditions for Denial of Contract by a Regional Alliance. A regional alliance is not required under this section to offer a contract with a health plan if (1) the alliance finds that the proposed premium exceeds 120 percent of the weighted-average premium within the alliance; or (2) the plan has failed to comply with requirements under prior contracts with the alliance, including failing to offer coverage for all the services in the comprehensive benefit package in the entire service area of the plan.