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This bill creates the Genetic Information Privacy Act. The bill prohibits any person from obtaining, analyzing, or disclosing genetic information without the written authorization of the individual…

This bill continue the exemption to informed consent requirements for human subjects in the event of a life-threatening emergency indefinitely. The existing exemption is set to expire on January 1,…

Prohibits a policy or contract that covers a small employer, as defined in Section 1304(b) of PPACA and in Section 1357.500, or health care service plans offered outside the American Health Benefit…

Preexisting condition exclusions may not be based on genetic information in the absence of a diagnosis. Insurers issuing group health plans may not establish rules for eligibility or continued…

This bill amends existing law pertaining to pregnancy blood samples. Existing law provides for the use of samples for approved research projects and establishes confidentiality and privacy…

This bill requires the health department to charge a fee to researchers and health care providers who have been approved by the department to use stored umbilical cord, pregnancy blood, or newborn…

The bill establish fees, which the department may collect from researchers who have been approved by the department and who seek to umbilical cord blood, pregnancy blood collected by the Genetic…

The bill states that physicians assigning apportionment to the causes of permanent disability by finding what approximate percentage of the disability is a direct result of the employment-related…

This bill specifies that money from the genetic disease testing fund may be used for costs related to data management, and newborn blood collection, storage, retrieval, processing, inventory, and…

This statute provides for the protection of personal information maintained by businesses, including biometric information. Biometric information is defined to include DNA.