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Provides insurance coverage for colonoscopies for individuals 45 or older based on risk factors, including genetic history. 1/8/2020 Referred to Labor. Bill Status: Pending

Prohibits an employer, licensing agency, employment agency, or labor organization from subjecting an individual to discriminatory harassment based on various factors, including predisposing genetic characteristics. Prohibits subjecting domestic workers to unwelcome harassment based on genetic information. 1/8/2020 Referred to Investigations and Government Operations. Bill Status: Pending

Prohibits hiring parties from subjecting a model to harassment based on various factors, including predisposing genetic characteristics. 1/8/20 Referred to investigations and government operations. Bill Status: Pending

Declares that it is the policy of the state and all its political subdivisions to ensure a fair, non-biased compensation structure for all employees. Status within one or more protected class or classes may not be considered directly or indirectly in determining proper compensation or pay for any individual or group of employees, and no employee with status within one or more protected class to classes may be paid a wage at a rate less than the rate at which an employee without status within the protected class or classes in same establishment is paid for similar work. Protected class includes predisposing genetic characteristic. Signed by the Governor 12/26/2019. Bill Status: Enacted

Requires health insurance policies to cover comprehensive genetic screening for ovarian and prostate cancers. 1/8/2020 Referred to Insurance. Bill Status: Pending

Directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on the use of biometric identifying technology; prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools until July 1, 2022. 3/18/2020 Amend and recommit to Education. Bill Status: Pending

Amends the public health law, in relation to authorizing human research in compliance with federal law. 9/13/2019 Signed by the Governor. Bill Status: Enacted

Prohibits an employer, licensing agency, employment agency, or labor organization from subjecting an individual to discriminatory harassment based on various factors, including predisposing genetic characteristics. Prohibits subjecting domestic workers to unwelcome harassment based on genetic information. 4/5/2019 Referred to Governmental Operations. Bill Status: Pending

Declares that it is the policy of the state and all its political subdivisions to ensure a fair, non-biased compensation structure for all employees. Status within one or more protected class or classes may not be considered directly or indirectly in determining proper compensation or pay for any individual or group of employees, and no employee with status within one or more protected class to classes may be paid a wage at a rate less than the rate at which an employee without status within the protected class or classes in same establishment is paid for similar work. Protected class includes predisposing genetic characteristic. 4/3/2020 Signed by the Governor. Bill Status: Enacted

Requires the state university of New York to issue a request for proposals to partner with hospitals both within the state university of New York and other not-for-profit hospitals and non-profit higher education research institutions to map the genomes of individuals suffering from or at risk of Alzheimer's. 4/3/2020 Signed by the Governor. Bill Status: Enacted