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Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act

Introduced: February 13, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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.

What's happening now March 29, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 34
All 34 Democratic 31 Republican 2 Independent 1
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 4, 2002
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · May 15, 2001
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 29, 2001
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Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 29, 2001
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Mar 28, 2001
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 28, 2001
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 28, 2001
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Mar 26, 2001
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Mar 26, 2001
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Mar 20, 2001
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Feb 27, 2001
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 13, 2001
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Calvert, Ken
California · Feb 13, 2001
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 13, 2001
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 13, 2001
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 13, 2001
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 13, 2001
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Feb 13, 2001
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 13, 2001
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 13, 2001
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 13, 2001
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 13, 2001
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 13, 2001
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 13, 2001
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 13, 2001
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 13, 2001
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 13, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 13, 2001
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 13, 2001
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 13, 2001
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Sherman, Brad
California · Feb 13, 2001
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 13, 2001
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 13, 2001
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Waters, Maxine
California · Feb 13, 2001