Genetic Information Health Insurance Nondiscrimination Act of 1999
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 6, 1999)
Genetic Information Health Insurance Nondiscrimination Act of 1999 -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. Sets limits on 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 set limits on the collection and disclosure of genetic information by health insurance issuers offering individual coverage.
What just happenedApr 12, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 6, 1999
- Apr 12, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Mar 8, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Feb 5, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - Jan 6, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Ways and Means Committee - Jan 6, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Education and Workforce Committee - Jan 6, 1999IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.
- Jan 6, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jan 6, 1999IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 6, 1999IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House