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| State | Citation/Title  (link to state's page) |
Topic | Summary | ||
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| Kentucky | State Statute:
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Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy |
Individual or group health benefit plan or insurers may not (1) deny, cancel, or refuse to renew the benefits or coverage, or vary the premiums, terms, or conditions for the benefits or coverage, for any participant or beneficiary based on a genetic test for which symptoms have not manifested or a request or receipt of genetic services or (2) disclose any genetic test without prior authorization for each disclosure. A group or individual health benefit plan or insurer or a disability income insurer may not request or require the disclosure of any genetic test about a participant or beneficiary without prior written authorization for each disclosure. |
Last Reviewed: December 27, 2012
