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USA-2008-L-78621
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Title_of_text
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (H.R. 493).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United States of America
Subjects (Classification)
Non-discrimination
Adopted on (Date of text)
2008-01-03
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
TITLE I - GENETIC NONDISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH INSURANCE
Sec. 101. Amendments to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Sec. 102. Amendments to the Public Health Service Act.
Sec. 103. Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Sec. 104. Amendments to title XVIII of the Social Security Act relating to medigap.
Sec. 105. Privacy and confidentiality.
Sec. 106. Assuring coordination.
TITLE II - PROHIBITING EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF GENETIC INFORMATION
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Employer practices.
Sec. 203. Employment agency practices.
Sec. 204. Labor organization practices.
Sec. 205. Training programs.
Sec. 206. Confidentiality of genetic information.
Sec. 207. Remedies and enforcement.
Sec. 208. Disparate impact.
Sec. 209. Construction.
Sec. 210. Medical information that is not genetic information.
Sec. 211. Regulations.
Sec. 212. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 213. Effective date.
TITLE III - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Severability.
Sec. 302. Child labor protections.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1970 (USA-1970-R-96855)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Regulations (29 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter XIV, §1600-1699).
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1974-09-02 (USA-1974-L-15317)
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Public Law 93-406 [H.R. 2] (29 U.S.C., Chapter 18).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
Equal Rights Trust
Country
United Kingdom
URL
http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/Gina.pdf
Page range
42 p.
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
Library of Congress
Publisher
Thomas
URL
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?c110:./temp/~c110i9EAJp