Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/1182
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29 U.S. Code § 1182 - Prohibiting discrimination against individual participants and beneficiaries based on health status | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
§ 1182.
(1) In generalSubject to paragraph (2), a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan, may not establish rules for eligibility (including continued eligibility) of any individual to enroll under the terms of the plan based on any of the following health status-related factors in relation to the individual or a dependent of the individual:
(2) No application to benefits or exclusionsTo the extent consistent with section 1181 of this title, paragraph (1) shall not be construed—
(2) ConstructionNothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed—
(4) Research exceptionNotwithstanding paragraph (1), a group health plan, or a health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan, may request, but not require, that a participant or beneficiary undergo a genetic test if each of the following conditions is met:
(f) Genetic information of a fetus or embryoAny reference in this part to genetic information concerning an individual or family member of an individual shall—
(Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 702, as added Pub. L. 104–191, title I, § 101(a), Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 1945; amended Pub. L. 110–233, title I, § 101(a)–(c), May 21, 2008, 122 Stat. 883, 885.)
The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(3)(A), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Part C of title XI of the Act is classified generally to part C (§ 1320d et seq.) of subchapter XI of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.
2008—Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 110–233, § 101(a)(1), inserted “except as provided in paragraph (3)” before semicolon.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 110–233, § 101(a)(2), added par. (3).
Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 110–233, § 101(b), added subsecs. (c) to (e).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 110–233, § 101(c), added subsec. (f).