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2008 State Bills Virginia 2008 SB 578

Virginia

Retrieved from NHGRI

Jurisdiction
Virginia
Status
Died
NHGRI topic(s)
Health Insurance Nondiscrimination
Record year or session
2008
NHGRI database updated
February 8, 2024
Snapshot retrieved
September 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM UTC
Source row
46
Stable source ID
nhgri-856d7f7d857493484e16

NHGRI summary

This bill prohibits the establishment of rules for eligibility or continued eligibility based on a health status-related factor, including genetic information, in Virginia share health insurance policies. This bill also prohibits pre-existing condition exclusions in these policies based on genetic information in the absence of a diagnosis of a condition related to such information. Measure failed.

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Provenance

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