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H.R. 306 (105th)

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1997

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Introduced

7 January 1997

Last action

11 June 1998 · Discharge

Status

Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Slaughter. Petition No: 105-4.

Sponsors

Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Barrett, Thomas M. [D-WI-5], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42], Rep. Clayton, Eva M. [D-NC-1], Rep. Danner, Pat [D-MO-6], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-9], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2], Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Hilliard, Earl F. [D-AL-7], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17], Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-11], Rep. Rivers, Lynn N. [D-MI-13], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5], Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2], Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

3 June 2026

Healthcare

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Summary

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1997 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit a group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group coverage from discriminating on the basis: (1) of genetic information; or (2) that the participant or beneficiary has requested or received genetic services. Regulates genetic information collection and disclosure by plans and issuers. Provides for compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages. Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan, a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, or a health issuer in the individual market from so discriminating. Regulates genetic information collection and disclosure by plans and issuers. Provides for compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit an issuer of a Medicare supplemental policy from so discriminating. Provides for compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group coverage from so discriminating. Regulates genetic information collection and disclosure by plans and issuers.

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Timeline

  1. 7 January 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to House Commerce

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 7 January 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 7 January 1997

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E12-13)

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 7 January 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 7 January 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 21 January 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  7. 23 January 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

    Source: Committee

  8. 31 January 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

    Source: Committee

  9. 14 May 1998

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3262)

    Source: IntroReferral

  10. 11 June 1998

    Discharge

    Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Slaughter. Petition No: 105-4.

    Source: Discharge

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