Genetic Information Health Insurance Nondiscrimination Act of 1997
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 7, 1997)
Genetic Information Health Insurance Nondiscrimination Act of 1997 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group coverage from discriminating on the basis of a request for or receipt of genetic information or a genetic test. Regulates the collection and disclosure of genetic information by plans and issuers.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit group health plans from discriminating on the basis of a request for or receipt of genetic information or a genetic test.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to regulate the collection and disclosure of genetic information by health insurance issuers offering individual coverage.
What just happenedFeb 7, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 7, 1997
- Feb 7, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - Jan 27, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jan 7, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Education and Workforce Committee - Jan 7, 1997IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
- Jan 7, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jan 7, 1997IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 7, 1997IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House