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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Georgia | 2010 State Bills Georgia 2010 SB 408 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill prohibits a health group cooperative from excluding a small employer based on a health status-related factor, including genetic information in relation to an employee or dependent of an employee. Measure failed. |
Iowa | 2010 State Bills Iowa 2010 HF 2531 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Enacted | This bill adds definitions to the genetic nondiscrimination in employment law. Signed by the Governor April 29, 2010. |
Iowa | 2010 State Bills Iowa 2010 SF 2068 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy, Research | Died | This bill prohibits health insurers from discriminating based on genetic information or tests. Authorization is required to obtain genetic information or samples. Consent requirements are established to collect, retain, transmit or use genetic information. Exceptions under consent requirements include medical or scientific research and eduction and for use in medical repositories and registries if it does not contain personally identifiable information. Health insurers may not release genetic information without prior written authorization. Exceptions for release requirements include (1) if an individual is participating in research settings, including those governed by the federal policy for the protection of human subjects, and (2) tests conducted purely for research. Measure failed. |
Iowa | 2010 State Bills Iowa 2010 SF 2215 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy, Research | Enacted | This bill prohibits health insurers from discriminating based on genetic information or tests. Authorization is required to obtain genetic information or samples. Consent requirements are established to collect, retain, transmit or use genetic information. Exceptions under consent requirements include medical or scientific research and eduction and for use in medical repositories and registries if it does not contain personally identifiable information. Health insurers may not release genetic information without prior written authorization. Exceptions for release requirements include (1) if an individual is participating in research settings, including those governed by the federal policy for the protection of human subjects, and (2) tests conducted purely for research. Signed by the Governor April 23, 2010. |
Kansas | 2010 State Bills Kansas 2010 HB 2501 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Enacted | As described in the supplemental bill note, this bill establishes additional restrictions on insurance companies that require larger premiums for coverage based on obtaining a genetic test or the results of a genetic test, or that adjust premiums based on obtaining a genetic test or the results of a genetic test. The bill also specifies that the genetic testing provisions in law would apply to group policies and certificates of coverage or individual policies that provide hospital, medical or surgical expense benefits. Approved by the Governor April 15, 2010. |
Kansas | 2010 State Bills Kansas 2010 SB 390 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Enacted | As described in the supplemental bill note, this bill establishes additional restrictions on insurance companies that require larger premiums for coverage based on obtaining a genetic test or the results of a genetic test, or that adjust premiums based on obtaining a genetic test or the results of a genetic test. The bill also specifies that the genetic testing provisions in law would apply to group policies and certificates of coverage or individual policies that provide hospital, medical or surgical expense benefits. Approved March 22, 2010. |
Kentucky | 2010 State Bills Kentucky 2010 SB 155 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy | Died | This bill prohibits the adjustment of premium or contribution amounts based on genetic information; prohibits an insurer from requesting or requiring a genetic test of a member unless made pursuant to the Common Rule, equivalent federal regulations or any applicable administrative regulation for the protection of human subjects in research; prohibits the use of genetic information for underwriting purposes; prohibits the request, requirement, or purchase of genetic information by an insurer prior to an individual's enrollment under a plan; precludes insurers from requiring genetic information for eligibility for health insurance in the individual market; and prohibits the use of genetic information for the purpose of imposing any pre-existing condition exclusion. Measure failed. |
Maryland | 2010 State Bills Maryland 2010 HB 1351 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill amends provisions of law that relate to the use of genetic tests and genetic information by an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization. The bill also amends provisions related to the use of genetic information in disability insurance, longterm care insurance, or life insurance. Measure failed. |
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. |
Massachusetts | 2010 State Bills Massachusetts 2010 H.4935 | Health Insurance Coverage | Enacted | This bill requires individual accident and sickness policies, individual and group hospital service plans, the group insurance commissionplan for active and retired employees, and individual or group medical service agreement and health maintenance contract to provide benefits on a nondiscriminatory basis for diagnosis and treatment of autism. Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders is defined to include genetic testing. Signed by the Governor August 3, 2010. |
Minnesota | 2010 State Bills Minnesota 2010 HF 1681 | Other Topics | Died | This bill requires any person who provides a specimen collection kit to a resident of Minnesota for the purpose of collecting genetic material to perform a genetic test to first provide the resident with the disclosure, as described in the legislation. The bill also requires a study to determine which companies and laboratories are providing direct-to-consumer genetic tests to Minnesota residents. Measure failed. |
Mississippi | 2010 State Bills Mississippi 2010 HB 378 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill creates the genetic nondiscrimination in health insurance act. No health benefit plan may cancel, deny or refuse to renew benefits or coverage based on genetic information. This bill also places restrictions on health benefit plan's ability to request or require disclosure of genetic information. Measure failed. |
Mississippi | 2010 State Bills Mississippi 2010 HB 825 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill prohibits group health benefit plans from imposing pre-existing condition exclusions based on genetic information in the absence of a diagnosis. Measure failed. |
Montana | 2010 State Bills Montana 2010 HB 128 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill amends the health insurance statutes and prohibits a group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group health_insurance_coverage from imposing a preexisting condition exclusion on an individual under 19 years of age because of a preexisting condition. Genetic information may not be treated as a pre-existing condition under existing law. Measure failed. |
Montana | 2010 State Bills Montana 2010 HB 183 | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill amends the genetic nondiscrimination law pertaining to life and disability insurance to exclude high deductible plans. Measure failed. |
Nebraska | 2010 State Bills Nebraska 2010 LB 1038 | Privacy | Died | This bill amends section 71-551 of the statutes on genetic testing. Proposed changes address the types of genetic tests covered under law and and consent requirements. Measure failed. |
Oklahoma | 2010 State Bills Oklahoma 2010 HB 2688 | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | This bill requires individual and group health insurers that provide coverage on an expense-incurred basis to provide reimbursement not to exceed $115 for mammography screening any female under 35 with a genetic predisposition to breast cancer. Measure failed. |
Oklahoma | 2010 State Bills Oklahoma 2010 SB 1250 | Use of Residual Newborn Screening Specimens | Enacted | This bill requires parental consent required to store, transfer, use or database DNA from any newborn child. Signed by the Governor May 11, 2010. |
Oklahoma | 2010 State Bills Oklahoma 2010 SB 2054 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Research | Enacted | This bill modifies the state Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Insurance Act. Topics addressed by the modifications include definitions, discrimination in health insurance based on genetic information, and prohibitions for requesting and requiring genetic a genetic test with exceptions for research if conducted in compliance with the Common Rule and certain criteria are met. Approved by the Governor on 5/10/2010. |
South Carolina | 2010 State Bills South Carolina 2010 HB 4298 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy, Research | Died | This bill amends existing statute sections and creates new statute sections pertaining to health_insurance_nondiscrimination, genetic privacy, research issues and enforcement of these provisions. Measure failed. |
South Carolina | 2010 State Bills South Carolina 2010 SB 1224 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy, Research | Enacted | This bill amends existing statute sections and creates new statute sections pertaining to health_insurance_nondiscrimination, genetic privacy, research issues and enforcement of these provisions. Signed by the Governor on June 7, 2010. |
Virginia | 2010 State Bills Virginia 2010 HB 455 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill amends the state employment genetic nondiscrimination law by adding the Commonwealth or any of its agencies, institutions, or political subdivisions, or any public body to the list of entities covered under the law. Measure failed. |
California | 2011 State Bills California 2011 SB 559 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Enacted | This bill, referred to as CalGINA, prohibits discrimination based on genetic information in several areas in addition to those addressed by existing law, including in housing, at certain business facilities, at state agencies, entities funded by or receiving financial assistance from the state, and in the provision of emergency services. Signed by the Governor on September 6, 2011. |
Hawaii | 2011 State Bills Hawaii 2011 HB 1451 | Privacy, Research | Died | This bill adds a new chapter to the Hawaii statutes on the privacy of health care information. The bill provides for the protection of "protected health information," including genetic information. The bill allows a health care provider, health plan, public health authority, employer, insurer or educational institution to disclose protected health information to health researchers if certain requirements are met, including review of the research by an IRB. Measure failed. |
Iowa | 2011 State Bills Iowa 2011 HF 597 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Enacted | This bill requires a health carrier to notify a covered person of the right to request an external review and include appropriate statements and information in the written notice of a final adverse decision. Health carriers also must include with the notice an authorization form or other document developed by the state that complies with the federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Signed by the Governor on April 28, 2011. |
Last updated: February 8, 2024