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 Sort descending | Primary Link | Topic(s) | Bill Status | Summary |
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Maryland | 2020 State Bills Maryland 2020 SB 872 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Enacted | Prohibits health insurers, health maintenance organizations, nonprofit health insurance plan or any person or organization that provides health benefits plans from excluding or limiting certain benefits or denying certain coverage based on a health-status related factor, including genetic information. Enacted without Governor's signature 5/8/2020. Effective upon enactment. |
Maryland | 2009 State Bills Maryland 2009 SB 1 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill prohibits an insurer from requesting or requiring a genetic test or from using a genetic test, the results of a genetic test, genetic information, or a request for genetic services to deny or limit life insurance coverage or benefits or to charge a different rate for the same coverage or benefits under an annuity contract; defining terms; and providing for an exception if the use is based on sound actuarial principles. Measure failed. |
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 | State StatuteMaryland: Md. Criminal Procedure 17-101 et seq. | Other Topics | Statute | Establishes requirements for the use of genetic genealogical DNA analysis for criminal justice purposes. |
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 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 | 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 | State StatuteMaryland: Public Utilities 17-401 et seq. | Employment Nondiscrimination | Statute | Prohibits the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission from discriminating against a person on the basis of genetic information. Requires that contracts entered into by the Commission include a provision stating that contractors will not to discriminate in any manner against an employee or an applicant for employment based on a variety of factors, including genetic information. |
Maryland | 2014 State Bills Maryland 2014 SB 96 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Enacted | Amends existing law pertaining to carriers, defined as insurers, nonprofit health service plans and health maintenance organizations, that offer wellness programs. Health factors are defined to include genetic information. Carriers may seek verification from health care providers that a health factor makes it unreasonably difficult or medically inadvisable for an individual to satisfy or attempt to satisfy an otherwise applicable standard to qualify for a reward of the wellness program. Approved by the Governor April 8, 2014. |
Maryland | 2021 State Bills Maryland 2021 SB 930 | Privacy | Died | Requires certain businesses that collect a consumer's personal information to provide certain clear and conspicuous notices to the consumer at or before the point of collection. The bill defines biometric information to include an individual's DNA. In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules. 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 | 2021 State Bills Maryland 2021 HB 240 | Other Topics, Privacy | Enacted | This bill establishes that a certain forensic genetic genealogical DNA analysis and search may not be initiated without certifying certain information before a court and obtaining a certain authorization from the court; prohibits certain biological samples subjected to certain forensic genetic genealogical profile analysis to be used to determine certain information about a certain donor; requires the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to produce a certain annual report; etc. |
Maryland | 2009 State Bills Maryland 2009 SB 2 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill repeals an exemption for disability insurance under the state genetic nondiscrimination law and amends the definition of genetic information used in the health_insurance_nondiscrimination law. Measure failed. |
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 | State StatuteMaryland: Md. Health Code 13-2001 et seq. | Research | Statute | The law prohibits research using a human subject unless the person conducts the research in accordance with the federal regulations on the protection of human subjects. |
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 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 | 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 HB 974 | Privacy | Enacted | Amends the Maryland Personal Information Protection Act. Requires a business to inform an employee or a former employee in the event of a breach of a security system that contains personal information, including a genetic print. A business subject to HIPAA is considered to be in compliance with the law. 5/4/2017 Approved by the Governor. Chapter 518. Effective January 1, 2018. |
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 | 2009 State Bills Maryland 2009 SB 54 | Privacy | Died | This bill restricts access to, use of and retention of DNA samples and disclosure of DNA test results without consent with some exemptions. The bill also provides personal property rights to DNA samples and DNA test results and requires the health department to develop a uniform written informed consent form. Penalties are set forth for violations. Measure failed. |
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 | State StatuteMaryland: Md. Health 17�215 | Other Topics | Statute | A person who directly or indirectly advertises or solicits business for diagnostic laboratory tests or procedures is a covered entity under HIPAA and must make certain disclosures. The law does not apply to germline genetic or genomic testing for the analysis, diagnosis or prediction of human disease. |
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 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. |
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 | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 HB 697 | Health Insurance Coverage | Enacted | The provision in the original version of the bill pertaining to the use of genetic information by carriers was amended. The enacted legislation establishes a workgroup on maintaining the protections established by the Affordable Care Act. May 13, 2019 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 418. Effective June 1, 2019. |
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 | 2009 State Bills Maryland 2009 SB 57 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill provides an individual with a right to civil if the state genetic nondiscrimination insurance statutes are violated. Measure failed. |
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 | State StatuteMaryland: Md. Health 19-214.1 | Other Topics | Statute | Prohibits a hospital from withholding financial assistance or from denying a patient's application for financial assistance based on genetic information. |
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 | 2021 State Bills Maryland 2021 HB 1256 | Other Topics | Died | Requires the Maryland Department of Health to do the following: (1) by January 1, 2023, develop gene sequence and customer screening guidelines for gene synthesis providers and manufacturers of gene synthesis equipment that include certain requirements; (2) develop a process to certify that gene synthesis providers and manufacturers of gene synthesis equipment are in compliance with the guidelines requiring, on or after January 1, 2024, the Department to certify certain gene synthesis providers and equipment manufacturers. Gene synthesis provider does not include a research scientist making gene synthesis products for the research scientist's own use or for use by another research scientist. In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor. 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 | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 SB 495 | Other Topics | Enacted | A person who directly or indirectly advertises or solicits business for diagnostic laboratory tests or procedures is a covered entity under HIPAA and must make certain disclosures. The law does not apply to germline genetic or genomic testing for the analysis, diagnosis or prediction of human disease. May 13, 2019 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413. Effective October 1, 2019. |
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 | 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 | 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 | State StatuteMaryland: Md. Insurance Code 15-509 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Statute | Insurers, nonprofit health service plans and health maintenance organizations, may seek verification from health care providers that offer wellness programs about health factors that make it unreasonably difficult or medically inadvisable for an individual to satisfy or attempt to satisfy an otherwise applicable standard to qualify for a reward of the wellness program. Health factors are defined to include genetic information. |
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 | 2021 State Bills Maryland 2021 HB 148 | Privacy | Died | Amends statute requiring a business that maintains personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain certain security procedures and practices. The bill adds the following to the definition of personal information: genetic information with respect to an individual, including the genetic sample of an individual; the genetic test of an individual; the genetic test of an individual's family member; the manifestation of a disease or disorder in a family member of an individual; any request for and receipt of genetic counseling, or genetic education; and any information derived from genetic information with respect to an individual. In the Senate - First Reading Finance. 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 | 2019 State Bills Maryland 2019 SB 868 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Enacted | The provision in the original version of the bill pertaining to the use of genetic information by carriers was amended. The enacted legislation establishes a workgroup on maintaining the protections established by the Affordable Care Act. May 13, 2019 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 417. Effective October 1, 2019. |
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 | 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 | 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 | State StatuteMaryland: Md. Insurance Code 18-120 | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Statute | Long-term care insurers may not request or require a genetic test to deny or limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available; charge a different rate for the same coverage; or use a genetic test, the results of a genetic test, genetic information or a request for genetic services to deny or limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available or charge a different rate for the same insurance except that the results of a genetic test may be used for these purposes based on sound actuarial principles. |
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 | 2021 State Bills Maryland 2021 HB 218 | Privacy | Died | Requires certain private entities in possession of biometric identifiers or biometric information to develop a written policy, made available to the public, establishing a certain retention schedule and guidelines for permanently destroying biometric identifiers and biometric information. Biometric identifier is defined to includes a genetic print. The bill defines confidential and sensitive to include a genetic marker and genetic testing information. In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor. 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. |
Last updated: September 14, 2023