A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit health issuers and group health plans from discriminating against individuals on the basis of genetic information
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Medical records; Health insurance; Discrimination in insurance; Medical genetics; Access control; Law and legislation; Genetic screening
Other titles: Genetic Information Health Insurance Nondiscrimination Act of 1999.; 106th Congress, 1st Session, H.R. 293 in the House of Representatives.; To amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit health issuers and group health plans from discriminating against individuals on the basis of genetic information.
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Introduced Jan. 6, 1999; referred to the Committees on Commerce, Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means.

CMS copy in folder: Public Laws: Bill / House / 106th Congress / 1st Session / 1999 / File 1.