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State StatuteMaryland: Md. Insurance Code 15-509

Maryland

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Status
Statute
Database
NHGRI archive
Source database updated
February 8, 2024
Snapshot retrieved
September 1, 2026

Summary

Insurers, nonprofit health service plans and health maintenance organizations, may seek verification from health care providers that offer wellness programs about health factors that make it unreasonably difficult or medically inadvisable for an individual to satisfy or attempt to satisfy an otherwise applicable standard to qualify for a reward of the wellness program. Health factors are defined to include genetic information.

Record details

Archived source metadata
Jurisdiction
Maryland
Status
Statute
NHGRI topic(s)
Health Insurance Nondiscrimination
Record year or session
Date not stated in source label
NHGRI database updated
February 8, 2024
Snapshot retrieved
September 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM UTC
Source row
1033
Stable source ID
nhgri-65df1f6dccc81115212b
Permanent URL
https://whoownsyourdna.org/source-records/nhgri/nhgri-65df1f6dccc81115212b/

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NHGRI Genome Statute and Legislation Database. State StatuteMaryland: Md. Insurance Code 15-509. Archived by Who Owns Your DNA? Retrieved September 1, 2026. https://whoownsyourdna.org/source-records/nhgri/nhgri-65df1f6dccc81115212b/