1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Care Options Act of 2017 . 2. Premium assistance credit allowed for insurance outside an Exchange (a) In general Section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h) and by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection: (g) Special rules relating to certain off-Exchange plans (1) In general In the case of a taxpayer described in paragraph (2) who is covered, or whose spouse or dependent is covered, by a plan described in paragraph (3) for a coverage month beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2020, this section shall be applied with the following modifications: (A) Such plan shall be treated as a qualified health plan. (B) Subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(2) shall be applied without regard to so much of such subparagraph as follows of the taxpayer and precedes , or . (C) Clause (i) of subsection (b)(3)(B) shall be applied by substituting through an Exchange for through the same Exchange through which the qualified health plans taken into account under paragraph (2)(A) were offered . (D) Clause (i) of subsection (c)(2)(A) shall be applied without regard to so much of such clause as follows (b)(2)(A) and precedes , and . (E) Subsection (d)(3)(B) shall be applied without regard to through an Exchange . (2) Taxpayer described For purposes of this subsection, a taxpayer is described in this paragraph if the taxpayer resides in a rating area or county in which the Secretary of Health and Human Services certifies that no qualified health plans are offered through an Exchange established under Section 1311 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (3) Plans described For purposes of this subsection, a plan is described in this paragraph if— (A) enrollment in the plan was not done through an Exchange, and (B) the plan is authorized by the State in which the taxpayer resides to be offered in the individual market in the State other than through an Exchange, or is a