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 Sort descending | Summary |
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Virginia | 2019 State Bills Virginia 2019 HB 2603 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | Prohibits discrimination in apprenticeships based on various factors, including genetic information. Died. |
Connecticut | 2021 State Bills California 2021 HB 5017 | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Requires health_insurance_coverage for genetic cystic fibrosis screenings for women. Died. |
Hawaii | 2017 State Bills Hawaii 2017 HB 1573 | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Requires all individual accident and health or sickness insurance policies, all individual and group hospital and medical service corporation contracts, and all group or blanket disability policies that provide coverage for reproductive health to include certain services in reproductive health service coverage. The services listed include genetic screening and counseling related to BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations. Died. |
Maine | 2021 State Bills Maine 2021 LD 1655 | Privacy | Died | Establishes annual registration of data brokers. Requires data brokers to develop, implement and maintain a comprehensive information security program to protect personally identifiable information. Personally identifiable information includes genetic identifiers. Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, Jun 2, 2021. |
Massachusetts | 2013 State Bills Massachusetts 2013 H.1909 | Privacy | Died | Specifies when authorization to disclose health care information is required. Health care is defined to include genetic information. As of June 6, 2014, accompanied by a study order (see H4147). |
Minnesota | 2019 State Bills Minnesota 2019 HF 2917 | Privacy | Died | Businesses must conduct risk assessments of processing activities that involve sensitive consumer data, including genetic data. Died. |
New Hampshire | 2014 State Bills New Hampshire 2014 HB 1262 | Privacy | Died | This bill restricts the collection, storage, and sharing of student assessment data by the United States Department of Education and the New Hampshire department of education. Student assessment data includes biometric information, which is defined to include DNA. As of October 30, 2014, Interim Study Report: Not Recommended for Legislation in 2014 (Vote 15-0). |
New York | 2011 State Bills New York 2011 A1840 | Use of Residual Newborn Screening Specimens | Died | This bill prohibits the retention of DNA, blood spots or other genetic information with an infant's identifying information for any period of time or for any purpose other than newborn screening without parental consent. Measure failed. |
New York | 2019 State Bills New York 2019 S1915 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | Prohibits discrimination or harassment based predisposing genetic characteristics of non-employees in the workplace. Died. |
Texas | 2017 State Bills Texas 2017 SB 1872 | Privacy | Died | Pertains to medical authorization required to release protected health information in a health care liability claim. Allows the patient or patient's personal or legal representative to exclude genetic information from the authorization. Died. |
Wisconsin | 2009 State Bills Wisconsin 2009 AB 31 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill allows a person discriminated against or the department of workforce development under the state fair employment practices law to bring an action in circuit court. Measure failed. |
Alaska | 2016 State Bills Alaska 2016 HB 369 | Privacy | Died | Excludes DNA samples collected in the course of the person's business of determining genetic genealogy from the state genetic privacy law. Died. |
Florida | 2010 State Bills Florida 2010 SB 2268 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill prohibits appointments, terminations, assignments, and maintenance of status, compensation, privileges and other terms and conditions of employment in the state personnel system based on genetic information. Measure failed. |
Indiana | 2019 State Bills Indiana 2019 SB 204 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Specifies that a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization contract must provide for availability, renewability, premium rating, and coverage without regard to health status, including genetic information. 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. |
Arizona | 2020 State Bills Arizona 2020 SB 1617 | Other Topics | Died | Prohibits placing an inmate in isolated confinement based on certain factors, including genetic information. Died. |
Florida | 2019 State Bills Florida 2019 HB 879 | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Prohibits life insurers and long-term care insurers from basing decisions on genetic information. Prohibits these insurers from taking certain actions related to genetic information for any insurance purpose. Died. |
Kentucky | 2017 State Bills Kentucky 2017 SB 59 | Privacy | Died | Any agency that collects, maintains, or stores personal information that determines or is notified of a security breach relating to personal information collected, maintained, or stored by the agency or by a nonaffiliated third party on behalf of the agency must take specified actions. Personal information includes a genetic print or image. Agencies covered under the law include the executive branch of state government, local government and public educational institutions. Died. |
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. |
Michigan | 2019 State Bills Michigan 2019 HB 4634 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | Requires employers of 50 or more individuals to post a notice that wage discrimination based on genetic information is prohibited under federal law. Died. |
Missouri | 2020 State Bills Missouri 2020 HB 1616 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Prohibits a health carrier offering group health_insurance_coverage in connection with a group health plan from adjusting premium or contribution amounts for the group covered under such plan on the basis of genetic information. Such health carriers may request, but shall not require, that a participant or beneficiary undergo a genetic test if certain conditions are met. Died. |
New Mexico | 2012 State Bills New Mexico 2012 SB 290 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill removes language in several sections of the statutes related to health insurance, which state that genetic information is not a health status factor. Measure failed. |
New York | 2019 State Bills New York 2019 A1221 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | Creates a company climate report system to assess the workplace environment of companies doing business in New York. Requires companies to submit biennial climate reports based on an anonymous survey of employees to assess the workplace environment including, but not limited to, pay equity, sexual harassment and discrimination based on various factors, an individual's predisposing genetic characteristics. Died. |
South Dakota | 2007 State Bills South Dakota 2007 SB 132 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | As introduced, this bill included a provision that prohibited pre-existing condition exclusions based on genetic information in the absence of a diagnosis. Measure failed. |
Washington | 2019 State Bills Washington 2019 SB 5376 | Privacy | Died | Protects sensitive data of consumers, including genetic data. 1/13/2020 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. Died. |
Last updated: February 8, 2024