Genome Statute and Legislation Database
The Genome Statute and Legislation Database is comprised of state statutes and bills introduced during the 2002-2024 U.S. state legislative sessions.
State | Primary Link | Topic(s) | Bill Status | Summary |
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Maryland | 2010 State Bills Maryland 2010 HB 504 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill amends the employment discrimination law to state that an unlawful employment practice is established, including discrimination based on genetic information, when the complainant demonstrates that genetic information was a motivating factor for any employment practice even though other factors motivated the practice. Measure failed. |
Maryland | 2013 State Bills Maryland 2013 HB 1430 | Other Topics | Died | Creates the task force on pharmacogenomics to examine questions related to pharmacogenomics, including how the State can adopt genomic testing as the standard of care for patients. Died. |
Maryland | 2013 State Bills Maryland 2013 HB 959 | Privacy | Died | Sets forth requirements for governmental units, including an executive, legislative or judicial agency, a department, a board, a commission, an authority, a public institution of higher education, or a unit or instrument of the state that collects or discloses personal information. Defines personal information to include an individual's genetic print. Died. |
Maryland | 2013 State Bills Maryland 2013 HB 960 | Privacy | Died | Requires certain businesses, when destroying a customers records that contain personal or private information of the customer, to take specific steps to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information. Personal information is defined to include an individual's genetic print. Died. |
Maryland | 2013 State Bills Maryland 2013 SB 676 | Privacy | Died | Sets forth requirements for governmental units, including an executive, legislative or judicial agency, a department, a board, a commission, an authority, a public institution of higher education, or a unit or instrument of the state that collects or discloses personal information. Defines personal information to include an individual's genetic print. Died. |
Maryland | 2013 State Bills Maryland 2013 SB 859 | Privacy | Died | Requires certain businesses, when destroying a customers records that contain personal or private information of the customer, to take specific steps to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information. Personal information is defined to include an individual's genetic print. Died. |
Maryland | 2014 State Bills Maryland 2014 HB 1120 | Other Topics, Privacy | Died | Requires the Motor Vehicle Administration to offer to an applicant for a driver's license, identification card, or moped operator's permit the opportunity to upgrade to an enhanced identification document. The enhanced ID will be embedded with memory and a microprocessor chip that stores biometric identifiers, which may include DNA. Died. |
Maryland | 2014 State Bills Maryland 2014 HB 851 | Other Topics, Privacy | Died | Permits a health insurance carrier to make available upon request an upgrade to a biometric health care identification card that can securely validate one's identity and access his or her medical history. Biometric identification is defined to include DNA. Died. |
Maryland | 2014 State Bills Maryland 2014 HB 906 | Other Topics | Died | Authorizes a person to advertise for, solicit business in the State for, offer, or perform direct to consumer genetic testing only if certain conditions are met. Died. |
Maryland | 2014 State Bills Maryland 2014 SB 227 | Other Topics | Died | Repeals a prohibition on advertising for or soliciting business related to direct to consumer genetic testing in the State. Died. |
Maryland | 2014 State Bills Maryland 2014 SB 387 | Privacy | Died | Allows the Motor Vehicle Administration to offer enhanced identification. An individual who applies for enhanced identification may be asked to provide biometric identification, which is defined to include DNA. Died. |
Maryland | 2015 State Bills Maryland 2015 HB 552 | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | For a stop-loss insurance policy or contract issues to a small employer, a medical stop-loss insurer may not increase cost-sharing or decrease coverage for a specific individual within the plan or exclude any employee or dependent base on an actual or expected health-status related factor, including genetic information. Died. |
Maryland | 2015 State Bills Maryland 2015 SB 548 | Privacy | Died | This bill amends the Personal Information Protection Act, which governs the use of personal information contained in the records of certain businesses. The definition of personal information is amended to include an individual's unique biometric or genetic print. In the Senate. Died. |
Maryland | 2015 State Bills Maryland 2015 SB 703 | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | For a stop-loss insurance policy or contract issues to a small employer, a medical stop-loss insurer may not increase cost-sharing or decrease coverage for a specific individual within the plan or exclude any employee or dependent base on an actual or expected health-status related factor, including genetic information. Died. |
Maryland | 2016 State Bills Maryland 2016 HB 1392 | Other Topics | Died | Authorizes a person to advertise for, solicit business in the State for, offer, or perform direct to consumer genetic testing, if certain conditions are met. Died. |
Maryland | 2016 State Bills Maryland 2016 SB 153 | Privacy | Died | Requires the Motor Vehicle Administration to make available to an applicant for a driver's license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit the opportunity to upgrade to an enhanced identification document. A person who applies for enhanced identification must provide a biometric identifier, which may include DNA. Died. |
Maryland | 2017 State Bills Maryland 2017 HB 1489 | Other Topics | Died | Removes the ban on directly or indirectly advertising for or soliciting business for any medical laboratory, regardless of location, from anyone except a physician, hospital, medical laboratory, clinic, clinical installation, or other medical care facility. Died. |
Maryland | 2017 State Bills Maryland 2017 HB 435 | Privacy | Died | Requires certain state and local governmental units to secure by encryption personal information of an individual that the unit has collected as computerized data. Personal information includes a genetic print or image. Died. |
Maryland | 2017 State Bills Maryland 2017 HB 808 | Research | Died | Requiring hospital administrators to provide patients with a specified patient's bill of rights. The bill of rights addresses patient participation in research. Died. |
Maryland | 2017 State Bills Maryland 2017 SB 525 | Privacy | Died | Requires a business, when destroying an employee's or a former employee's records that contain personal information, including a genetic print, to take steps to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information. States when a business that owns, licenses, or maintains computerized data containing personal information must investigate a security breach. Died. |
Maryland | 2017 State Bills Maryland 2017 SB 660 | Research | Died | Requiring hospital administrators to provide patients with a specified patient's bill of rights. The bill of rights addresses patient participation in research. Died. |
Maryland | 2018 State Bills Maryland 2018 HB 1516 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident. The Health Maryland Board must develop rules to promote nondiscrimination with respect to genetic information among members and providers. Died. |
Maryland | 2018 State Bills Maryland 2018 SB 1002 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident. The Health Maryland Board must develop rules to promote nondiscrimination with respect to genetic information among members and providers. Died. |
Maryland | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 HB 1087 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Establishes the Healthy Maryland Program. Requires the Board to establish requirements and standards to consistent with state nondiscrimination laws, including those pertaining to genetic information. Participating providers may not refuse to provide health care services on the basis of genetic information. 3/28/2019 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations. Withdrawn. |
Maryland | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 HB 1127 | Privacy | Died | A business that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information such as genetic information of an individual must conduct a reasonable and prompt investigation upon the breach of the security of a system. Died. |
Maryland | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 HB 526 | Other Topics | Died | Amends the state law pertaining to direct and indirect advertisement of or solicitation of business for medical laboratory tests. Died. |
Maryland | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 HB 57 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | Requires managers and supervisors in the Legislative and Executive branches of State government to immediately report certain incidents of workplace bullying, including bullying based on genetic information. 3/5/2019 Unfavorable Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations; Withdrawn. |
Maryland | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 HB 716 | Privacy | Died | Amends the definition of personal information used in the state data privacy act. Personally identifiable information is defined to include an individual's DNA. Died. |
Maryland | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 HB 856 | Other Topics | Died | A hospital or related institution may not discriminate in admitting or providing personal care based on genetic information. Died. |
Maryland | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 HB 901 | Privacy | Died | Enacts the Online Consumer Protection Act. Defines biometric information to include an individual's DNA. Died. |
Maryland | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 SB 556 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | Requires managers and supervisors in the Legislative and Executive branches of State government to immediately report certain incidents of workplace bullying, including bullying based on genetic information. 3/11/2019 Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn. |
Maryland | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 SB 613 | Privacy | Died | Enacts the Online Consumer Protection Act. Defines biometric information to include an individual's DNA. Died. |
Maryland | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 SB 786 | Privacy | Died | A business that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information such as genetic information of an individual must conduct a reasonable and prompt investigation upon the breach of the security of a system. April 3, 2019 Unfavorable Report by Finance. |
Maryland | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 SB 871 | Privacy | Died | Establishes the Healthy Maryland Program. Requires the Board to establish requirements and standards to consistent with state nondiscrimination laws, including those pertaining to genetic information. Participating providers may not refuse to provide health care services on the basis of genetic information. Died. |
Maryland | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 SB 953 | Other Topics | Died | A hospital or related institution may not discriminate in admitting or providing personal care based on genetic information. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 HB 1648 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Establishes the Healthy Maryland Program. Requires the Board to establish requirements and standards to consistent with state nondiscrimination laws, including those pertaining to genetic information. Participating providers may not refuse to provide health care services on the basis of genetic information. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 HB 1656 | Privacy | Died | Requires certain businesses that collect a consumer's personal information, including biometric information such as an individual's DNA, to provide certain clear and conspicuous notices to the consumer at or before the point of collection. Authorizes a consumer to submit a certain request for information to a business that collects the consumer's personal information. Requires a business to comply with a request for information within 45 days after receiving a request. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 HB 237 | Privacy | Died | Amends the Personal Information Protection Act by adding activity tracking data to the scope of protected information. Activity tracking data is defined to include genetic information; genetic samples; genetic tests of an individual or family member; and requests for or receipt of a genetic test, genetic counseling or genetic education. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 HB 255 | Other Topics | Died | Prohibits a hospital or related institution from discriminating in admitting or providing care for an individual based on various factors, including genetic information. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 HB 307 | Privacy | Died | Establishes consumer protections pertaining to the collection, possession, use, disclosure and retention of biometric identifiers. Biometric information is defined to include genetic markers and genetic testing information. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 HB 340 | Privacy | Died | Amends the definition of biometric information under the Maryland Data privacy act. The definition of biometric information referring to a genetic print is stricken. The revised definition of biometric information includes physiological, biological, or behavioral characteristics, including an individual's DNA, that can be used singly, in combination with each other, or with other identifying data to establish individual identity. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 HB 784 | Privacy | Died | Requires certain businesses that collect a consumer's personal information, including biometric information such as an individual's DNA, to provide certain clear and conspicuous notices to the consumer at or before the point of collection. Authorizes a consumer to submit a certain request for information to a business that collects the consumer's personal information. Requires a business to comply with a request for information within 45 days after receiving a request. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 SB 1064 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Establishes the Healthy Maryland Program. Requires the Board to establish requirements and standards to consistent with state nondiscrimination laws, including those pertaining to genetic information. Participating providers may not refuse to provide health care services on the basis of genetic information. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 SB 201 | Privacy | Died | Amends the Personal Information Protection Act by adding activity tracking data to the scope of protected information. Activity tracking data is defined to include genetic information; genetic samples; genetic tests of an individual or family member; and requests for or receipt of a genetic test, genetic counseling or genetic education. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 SB 274 | Privacy | Died | Amends the definition of biometric information under the Maryland Data privacy act. The definition of biometric information referring to a genetic print is stricken. The revised definition of biometric information includes physiological, biological, or behavioral characteristics, including an individual's DNA, that can be used singly, in combination with each other, or with other identifying data to establish individual identity. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 SB 547 | Other Topics | Died | Prohibits a hospital or related institution from discriminating in admitting or providing care for an individual based on various factors, including genetic information. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 SB 588 | Privacy | Died | Requires the University of Maryland to develop and adopt an information security and risk management program for the protection of personally identifiable information, including biometric information. Biometric information is defined as physiological, biological, or behavioral characteristics, including an individual's DNA, that can be used singly, in combination with each other, or with other identifying data to establish individual identity. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 SB 738 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Other Topics | Died | Declares that it is the policy of the state to provide affordable health care to all regardless of various factors, including genetic information. Prohibits discrimination based on genetic information by a hospital; a person licensed or otherwise regulated by the Maryland Department of Health; and a person, including a health maintenance organization, that provides health benefits and has a certificate of authority from issued by the Maryland Department of Insurance. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 SB 875 | Other Topics | Died | Prohibits a hospital from withholding financial assistance or from denying a patient's application for financial assistance based on genetic information. Died. |
Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 SB 957 | Privacy | Died | Requires certain businesses that collect a consumer's personal information, including biometric information such as an individual's DNA, to provide certain clear and conspicuous notices to the consumer at or before the point of collection. Authorizes a consumer to submit a certain request for information to a business that collects the consumer's personal information. Requires a business to comply with a request for information within 45 days after receiving a request. Died. |
Last updated: February 8, 2024