File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 324
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Finifter, Pitkin, Barve, Beck, Bobo, Clagett, Conroy,
Dembrow, Dypski, Exum, Faulkner, Frank, Frush, Goldwater, Healey,
Heller, Jones, Kagan, Klausmeier, Kopp, Krysiak, Mandel, Marriott,
Minnick, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Preis, Snodgrass, DeCarlo, Cryor,
Pendergrass, Petzold, and Workman
- Entitled:
-
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1998
Prohibiting the denial of health insurance to certain individuals
based upon the individuals' genetic information; prohibiting the
requirement of genetic information as a basis for not issuing or
renewing health benefits coverage; prohibiting the disclosure of an
individual's genetic information without the written consent of the
individual for each disclosure; providing for tort liability for
violating the provisions of this subtitle; defining certain terms;
etc.
House Action
- 1/28
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/6
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/28
- Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Raymond Beck, District 39
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
- Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
- Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
- Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
- Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
- Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
- Delegate Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Delegate Patricia Anne Faulkner, District 14A
- Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
- Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
- Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
- Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
- Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
- Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
- Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
- Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
- Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34
- Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3
- Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- DISCLOSURE
- DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION
- GENETICS
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- PATIENTS
- PRIVACY
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Insurance
- (
27-909
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
