Source: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2010-title42/html/USCODE-2010-title42-chap21F.htm
Timestamp: 2015-11-27 11:57:24
Document Index: 69708487

Matched Legal Cases: ['§2000', '§201', '§213', '§1', '§301', '§2', '§2']

CHAPTER 21F—PROHIBITING EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF GENETIC INFORMATION
2000ff.Definitions.
2000ff–1.Employer practices.
2000ff–2.Employment agency practices.
2000ff–3.Labor organization practices.
2000ff–4.Training programs.
2000ff–5.Confidentiality of genetic information.
2000ff–6.Remedies and enforcement.
2000ff–7.Disparate impact.
2000ff–8.Construction.
2000ff–9.Medical information that is not genetic information.
2000ff–10.Regulations.
2000ff–11.Authorization of appropriations.
§2000ff. Definitions
The term “Commission” means the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as created by section 2000e–4 of this title.
(2) Employee; employer; employment agency; labor organization; member
(i) an employee (including an applicant), as defined in section 2000e(f) of this title;
(ii) a State employee (including an applicant) described in section 2000e–16c(a) of this title;
(iii) a covered employee (including an applicant), as defined in section 1301 of title 2;
(iv) a covered employee (including an applicant), as defined in section 411(c) of title 3; or
(v) an employee or applicant to which section 2000e–16(a) of this title applies.
The term “employer” means—
(i) an employer (as defined in section 2000e(b) of this title);
(ii) an entity employing a State employee described in section 2000e–16c(a) of this title;
(iii) an employing office, as defined in section 1301 of title 2;
(iv) an employing office, as defined in section 411(c) of title 3; or
(v) an entity to which section 2000e–16(a) of this title applies.
(C) Employment agency; labor organization
The terms “employment agency” and “labor organization” have the meanings given the terms in section 2000e of this title.
The term “member”, with respect to a labor organization, includes an applicant for membership in a labor organization.
(3) Family member
The term “family member” means, with respect to an individual—
(A) a dependent (as such term is used for purposes of section 1181(f)(2) of title 29) of such individual, and
(5) Genetic monitoring
The term “genetic monitoring” means the periodic examination of employees to evaluate acquired modifications to their genetic material, such as chromosomal damage or evidence of increased occurrence of mutations, that may have developed in the course of employment due to exposure to toxic substances in the workplace, in order to identify, evaluate, and respond to the effects of or control adverse environmental exposures in the workplace.
(6) Genetic services
The term “genetic test” does not mean an analysis of proteins or metabolites that does not detect genotypes, mutations, or chromosomal changes.
(Pub. L. 110–233, title II, §201, May 21, 2008, 122 Stat. 905.)
Pub. L. 110–233, title II, §213, May 21, 2008, 122 Stat. 920, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] takes effect on the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act [May 21, 2008].”
Pub. L. 110–233, §1(a), May 21, 2008, 122 Stat. 881, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter, sections 300gg–53 and 1320d–9 of this title, and section 9834 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, amending sections 300gg–1, 300gg–21, 300gg–22, 300gg–61, 300gg–91, and 1395ss of this title, sections 9802 and 9832 of Title 26, and sections 216, 1132, 1182, and 1191b of Title 29, Labor, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section, sections 300gg–1, 1320d–9, and 1395ss of this title, section 9802 of Title 26, and sections 216 and 1132 of Title 29] may be cited as the ‘Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008’.”
Pub. L. 110–233, title III, §301, May 21, 2008, 122 Stat. 920, provided that: “If any provision of this Act [see Short Title note above], an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the application of such provisions to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.”
Pub. L. 110–233, §2, May 21, 2008, 122 Stat. 881, as amended by Pub. L. 111–256, §2(j), Oct. 5, 2010, 124 Stat. 2644, provided that: “Congress makes the following findings:
“(2) The early science of genetics became the basis of State laws that provided for the sterilization of persons having presumed genetic ‘defects’ such as intellectual disabilities, mental disease, epilepsy, blindness, and hearing loss, among other conditions. The first sterilization law was enacted in the State of Indiana in 1907. By 1981, a majority of States adop