Congress 107 - HR 602 - Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act

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Administrative remedies Apprenticeship Civil actions and liability Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil rights enforcement Commerce Discrimination in employment Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Dismissal of employees Employee health benefits Employee rights Employment agencies Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Genetic counseling Genetic screening Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health Health insurance Health insurance industry Independent regulatory commissions Insurance premiums Insurance rates Labor and Employment Labor union membership Labor unions Law Legal fees Medical fees Medical genetics Medical records Medical tests Medigap Occupational retraining Personnel records Position classification Right of privacy Standards State laws

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Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act , the Internal Revenue Code, and Medicare supplemental policy provisions to prohibit health plans and insurers, with respect to protected genetic information, from discriminating in enrollment, eligibility, contribution rates, and premium rates based on such information.

Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or training program to discriminate because of protected genetic information.

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Mar 29, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Mar 14, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 28, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 13, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 13, 2001

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H164)
Feb 13, 2001

Introduced in House

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