Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 26, 2018 | referred to insurance |
assembly Bill A10229
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DINOWITZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Jose Rivera
Inez E. Dickens
Steven Englebright
Anthony D'Urso
Multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Carmen De La Rosa
Dov Hikind
A10229 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §2616, Ins L
A10229 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10229 I N A S S E M B L Y March 26, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting insurance companies from discriminating based on genetic testing results THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 2616 to read as follows: § 2616. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENETIC TESTING. (A) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (1) "GENETIC INFORMATION" MEANS A WRITTEN RECORDED INDIVIDUALLY IDEN- TIFIABLE RESULT OF A GENETIC TEST AS DEFINED BY THIS SECTION OR EXPLANA- TION OF SUCH A RESULT. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM GENETIC INFORMATION SHALL NOT INCLUDE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE ABUSE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL WHICH IS DERIVED FROM TESTS GIVEN FOR THE EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE ABUSE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL. (2) "GENETIC TEST" MEANS A TEST OF HUMAN DNA, RNA, MITOCHONDRIAL DNA, CHROMOSOMES OR PROTEINS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING GENES, INHERITED OR ACQUIRED GENETIC ABNORMALITIES, OR THE PRESENCE OF ABSENCE OF INHER- ITED OR ACQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS IN GENETIC MATERIAL, WHICH ARE ASSOCI- ATED WITH A PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE, ILLNESS, IMPAIRMENT OR OTHER DISEASE PROCESSES. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM GENETIC TEST SHALL NOT INCLUDE TESTS GIVEN FOR DRUGS, ALCOHOL, CHOLESTEROL, OR HIV; ANY TEST FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIAGNOSING OR DETECTING AN EXISTING DISEASE PROCESS; ANY TEST PERFORMED DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF SYMPTOMS, SIGNS OR OTHER MANIFESTATION OF A DISEASE, ILLNESS, IMPAIRMENT; OR OTHER DISEASE PROCESS OR ANY TEST, THAT IS TAKEN AS A BIOPSY, AUTOPSY, OR CLINICAL SPECIMEN SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING AN IMMEDIATE CLINICAL OR DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT IS NOT A TEST OF DNA, RNA, MITOCHONDRI- AL DNA, CHROMOSOMES OR PROTEINS. (B) NO INSURER DOING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE, AND NO OFFICER OR AGENT OF SUCH INSURER AND NO LICENSED INSURANCE BROKER, AND NO EMPLOYEE OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH INSURER, AGENT OR BROKER SHALL: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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