Friday, May 04, 2007
Tweet[IWS] CRS: GENETIC NONDISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH INSURANCE [2 May 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL33988
Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance:
A Side-by-Side Comparison of the Title I Provisions in H.R. 493 and S. 358
May 2, 2007
C. Stephen Redhead, Specialist in Life Sciences, Domestic Social Policy Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33988_20070502.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
Summary
On April 25, the House passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
of 2007, H.R. 493, on a vote of 420-3. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions (HELP) Committee approved similar legislation (S. 358). S. 358 is
awaiting Senate floor action. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
would restrict health insurers' (Title I) and employers' (Title II) acquisition and use
of genetic information in several ways. These restrictions build upon those already
imposed in federal law.
This report provides a comparison of the Title I provisions in H.R. 493 and S.
358. Those provisions would extend the current Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) protections against discrimination by group health plans
and issuers of health insurance in both the group and individual markets, and restrict
their collection, use and disclosure of genetic information. A separate CRS Report,
RL33987, Genetic Non-discrimination in Employment: A Comparison of Title II
Provisions in S. 358 and H.R. 493, 110th Congress, by Nancy Lee Jones, discusses
the Title II employment provisions.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL33988
Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance:
A Side-by-Side Comparison of the Title I Provisions in H.R. 493 and S. 358
May 2, 2007
C. Stephen Redhead, Specialist in Life Sciences, Domestic Social Policy Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33988_20070502.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
Summary
On April 25, the House passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
of 2007, H.R. 493, on a vote of 420-3. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions (HELP) Committee approved similar legislation (S. 358). S. 358 is
awaiting Senate floor action. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
would restrict health insurers' (Title I) and employers' (Title II) acquisition and use
of genetic information in several ways. These restrictions build upon those already
imposed in federal law.
This report provides a comparison of the Title I provisions in H.R. 493 and S.
358. Those provisions would extend the current Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) protections against discrimination by group health plans
and issuers of health insurance in both the group and individual markets, and restrict
their collection, use and disclosure of genetic information. A separate CRS Report,
RL33987, Genetic Non-discrimination in Employment: A Comparison of Title II
Provisions in S. 358 and H.R. 493, 110th Congress, by Nancy Lee Jones, discusses
the Title II employment provisions.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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