Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act

Bill: 108-hr-1910
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2003-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Apprenticeship
Civil actions and liability
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
Genetics
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health insurance
Independent regulatory commissions
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Law
Legal fees
Medical fees
Medical records
Medical tests
Medigap
Occupational retraining
Personnel records
Position classification
Right of privacy
Standards
State laws
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: 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.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House