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2021 State Bills West Virginia 2021 SB 567

West Virginia

Retrieved from NHGRI

Jurisdiction
West Virginia
Status
Died
NHGRI topic(s)
Health Insurance Nondiscrimination
Record year or session
2021
NHGRI database updated
February 8, 2024
Snapshot retrieved
September 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM UTC
Source row
881
Stable source ID
nhgri-3aae8547669a5df6edde

NHGRI summary

Requires health benefit plans to provide insurance to persons without regard to their health status. Prohibits insurers from using genetic information in decisions regarding premium, deductible, copay or coinsurance. 3/5/2021 To Senate Banking and Insurance Committee. Died.

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Courtesy: National Human Genome Research Institute. This source layer preserves the state, primary link, topic, bill status, and summary retrieved from NHGRI.