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FL H1189
Bill
Status
Passed
7/1/2020
Primary Sponsor
Chris Sprowls
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AI Summary
- Prohibits health insurers, life insurers, and long-term care insurers from canceling, limiting, or denying coverage, or establishing differential premium rates based on genetic information when the individual has no diagnosis of a related condition
- Bars these insurers from requiring, soliciting, or using genetic test results, or considering a person's decisions about genetic testing, for any insurance purpose
- Expands existing protections that previously applied only to health insurers to now also cover life insurers and long-term care insurers
- Preserves the right of life and long-term care insurers to access medical records during application exams and to consider medical diagnoses in those records, even if a diagnosis resulted from a genetic test
- Effective July 1, 2020, applying to policies entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 2021
Legislative Description
Genetic Information for Insurance Purposes
Last Action
Chapter No. 2020-159
7/1/2020
Committee Referrals
Rules2/10/2020
Commerce Committee1/16/2020
Health And Human Services1/13/2020
Full Bill Text
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