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No insurance company may refuse to issue or deliver any policy of life insurance solely by reason of the fact that the person to be insured possesses sickle cell trait or hemoglobin C trait. A policy…

A health benefit plan, health maintenance organization or multiple employer welfare arrangement may not raise the premium or contribution rates paid for a group health benefit plan, refuse to issue…

A person, firm, corporation, unincorporated association, state agency, unit of local government, or any public or private entity may not deny or refuse employment to or discharge any person or…

This bill amends the statute that allows the health council to authorize the use of newborn metabolic screening tests for legitimate research purposes by broadening the term "newborn metabolic…

Enacts a new chapter of the statutes relating to genetic privacy. A person may not collect a DNA sample from an individual, perform a DNA analysis on a sample, retain a DNA sample or the results of a…

This bill amends provisions in the state newborn screening law pertaining to the use of residual dried blood spots for research. The bill states that a person conducting research on blood spots,…

A person that conducts research on blood spots, other specimens, or registry data maintained by the health department must follow IRB processes for human subjects research, including obtaining parent…

Health benefit plans covering small employers and group policies of hospital and medical insurance may not treat genetic information as a pre-existing condition in the absence of a diagnosis. A…

This bill prohibits individual or group accident and sickness insurers from excluding coverage for the screening and diagnosis of autism, including genetic testing. Measure failed. Bill Status: Died

Declares that it is the public policy of the State to protect and safeguard the right and opportunity of all individuals to (1) enjoy fully and equally the goods, services, facilities, privileges,…