HR 1910
108th Congress
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Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act
Introduced: May 1, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 27, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 14, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 9, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 1, 2003
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.
May 1, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.