may make payments under paragraph (3)(A) for plan year 2018 to an issuer of a qualified health plan not otherwise eligible for such payments pursuant to subparagraph (A) if— (i) the qualified health plan is offered in a State for such plan year for which the State insurance commissioner notifies the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services of a process provided for in the State under which— (I) issuers of qualified health plans in such State choosing to participate in such process are required to reduce premium rates under such plans for plan year 2018 to the rates that would have been applied under such plans for such plan year had the issuers assumed payments for cost-sharing reductions under such paragraph would be received for such plan year