Alaska
Explore the Alaska records currently included in this collection. Coverage is not complete.
State Laws Database: 0 records
NHGRI database archive: 8 records
Status: 4 enacted or approved; 0 proposed or pending
Most common mapped topics: Privacy (5) ยท Health Insurance Nondiscrimination (3)
Records in Alaska
Showing 8 of 8; State Laws Database records appear first.
| Jurisdiction | Law or policy | Topics | Status | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 2021 State Bills Alaska 2021 HB 159NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Establishes the Consumer Data privacy Act. Requires businesses to notify consumers before the collection of personal information. Consumers may opt out of the sale of personal information. Businesses must maintain privacy policies available online describing consumer's privacy rights such as the designated methods in which the consumer can request access or deletion of personal information. Biometric information, including deoxyribonucleic acid, is considered personal information. Carries over to 2022 session. |
| Alaska | 2021 State Bills Alaska 2021 SB 116NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Establishes the Consumer Data privacy Act. Requires businesses to notify consumers before the collection of personal information. Consumers may opt out of the sale of personal information. Businesses must maintain privacy policies available online describing consumer's privacy rights such as the designated methods in which the consumer can request access or deletion of personal information. Biometric information, including deoxyribonucleic acid, is considered personal information. Carries over to 2022 session. |
| Alaska | 2016 State Bills Alaska 2016 HB 369NHGRI archive2016 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Excludes DNA samples collected in the course of the person's business of determining genetic genealogy from the state genetic privacy law. Died. |
| Alaska | 2016 State Bills Alaska 2016 SB 182NHGRI archive2016 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Excludes DNA samples collected in the course of the person's business of determining genetic genealogy from the state genetic privacy law. Died. |
| Alaska | 2009 State Bills Alaska 2009 HB 222NHGRI archive2009 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Enacted | This bill requires health care insurers in the individual market to comply with genetic information nondiscrimination requirements established under 42 U.S.C. 300gg-53. Health care insurers in the group market must comply with genetic information nondiscrimination requirements established under 42 U.S.C. 300gg-1(b)(3), 42 U.S.C. 300gg-1(c) - (f), and 42 U.S.C. 300gg-91. Signed into law August 5, 2009. |
| Alaska | State StatuteAlaska: AS 18.13.010 et seq.NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Privacy | Statute | This statute provides protections for the privacy of DNA samples and the results of DNA analysis. DNA samples and the results of DNA analysis are the exclusive property of the person sampled or analyzed. Samples collected and analyses conducted for the DNA registry, law enforcement purposes, paternity testing, newborn screening, and emergency medical treatment are exempt. The statute sets forth civi and criminal penalties for violations of the law. |
| Alaska | State StatuteAlaska: AS 21.36.480NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Statute | Health care insurers offering individual or group plans must comply with the genetic information nondiscrimination requirements established under 42 USC 300gg-53, or 42 U.S.C. 300gg-1(b)(3), 42 U.S.C. 300gg-1(c) - (f), and 42 U.S.C. 300gg-91, respectively. |
| Alaska | State StatuteAlaska: AS 21.54.100 et seq.NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Statute | Health care insurers in the group market may not establish rules for eligibility or continued eligibility based on genetic information or impose preexisting condition exclusions based on genetic information in the absence of a diagnosis. |