MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The state is reducing ties to the contractor that helped design its website that was supposed to be a marketplace where people could compare and buy insurance plans through President Barack Obama’s landmark health care law but remains flawed and short of being fully functional, a Vermont official announced Monday.

The state is working with a new company to continue development of the project, said Lawrence Miller, chief of Vermont Health Care Reform, the department that oversees the law’s implementation in Vermont.