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HR 1313 115th Congress House Health Disability and health-based discrimination Employee benefits and pensions Genetics Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Right of privacy Worker safety and health

Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act

Introduced: March 2, 2017 Introduced by: Foxx, Virginia Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 11, 2017
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 341.
Dec 11, 2017
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Dec 11, 2017
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Dec 11, 2017
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 115-459, Part I.
Mar 8, 2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 17.
Mar 8, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 3, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 2, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Mar 2, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act

(Sec. 3) This bill exempts workplace wellness programs from: (1) limitations under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 on medical examinations and inquiries of employees, (2) the prohibition on collecting genetic information in connection with issuing health insurance, and (3) limitations under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 on collecting the genetic information of employees or family members of employees. This exemption applies to workplace wellness programs that comply with limits on rewards for employees participating in the program.

Workplace wellness programs may provide for more favorable treatment of individuals with adverse health factors, such as a disability.

Collection of information about a disease or disorder of a family member as part of a workplace wellness program is not an unlawful acquisition of genetic information about another family member.

What's happening now December 11, 2017

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 341.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2