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29 U.S.C. 1182: Prohibiting discrimination against individual participants and beneficiaries based on health status

Created in 1996 by Public Law 93-406. Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 29 U.S.C. 1132, 29 U.S.C. 1191b, 42 U.S.C. 2000ff–8.

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2008Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008

1996Pub. L. 93-406added it

29 U.S.C. 1182Prohibiting discrimination against individual participants and beneficiaries based on health status

(a)In eligibility to enroll

(b)In premium contributions

(c)Genetic testing

(d)Prohibition on collection of genetic information

(e)Application to all plans

(f)Genetic information of a fetus or embryo

This CongressBills that change it or would

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past change
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This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

2008

Pub. L. 110–233, §101(a)(1), inserted "except as provided in paragraph (3)" before semicolon. (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008) Law text · (b)
Pub. L. 110–233, §101(a)(2), added par. (3). (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008) Law text · (b)
Pub. L. 110–233, §101(b), added subsecs. (c) to (e). (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008) Law text · (c), (d), (e)
Pub. L. 110–233, §101(c), added subsec. (f). (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008) Law text · (f)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.