Colorado
Explore the Colorado records currently included in this collection. Coverage is not complete.
State Laws Database: 0 records
NHGRI database archive: 18 records
Status: 12 enacted or approved; 0 proposed or pending
Most common mapped topics: Privacy (9) · Health Insurance Coverage (5) · Research (4)
Records in Colorado
Showing 18 of 18; State Laws Database records appear first.
| Jurisdiction | Law or policy | Topics | Status | Summary |
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| Colorado | 2021 State Bills Colorado 2021 SB 132NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Concerns a study of consumer protection regulation of digital communications platforms. Introduced version included a provision related to sensitive data such as genetic data. However, this provision was deleted from the engrossed version of the bill. Died. |
| Colorado | 2021 State Bills Colorado 2021 SB 190NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Enacted | Creates the Colorado privacy Act. Prohibits the processing of a consumer's sensitive data without first obtaining the consumer's consent. Sensitive data includes genetic or biometric that may be processed for the purpose of uniquely identifying an individual. 7/7/2021 Governor signed. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| Colorado | 2020 State Bills Colorado 2020 HB 1144NHGRI archive2020 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Establishes the parent's bill of rights. Requirements set forth in the bill include parental written consent before any record of a minor child's blood or DNA is made, shared or stored unless required by law or court order. 02/13/2020 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely. |
| Colorado | 2019 State Bills Colorado 2019 HB 1301NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Enacted | Amends the provision requiring health_insurance_coverage for mammography for an individual with a genetic predisposition. The amended version of the statute refers to guidelines of professional associations to determine coverage requirements. May 16, 2019 Signed by the Governor. |
| Colorado | 2017 State Bills Colorado 2017 HB 1115NHGRI archive2017 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Topics | Enacted | Prohibits direct primary health care providers from discriminating in the selection of patients on the basis of genetic information and other protected classes. 4/24/2017 Signed Act. |
| Colorado | 2016 State Bills Colorado 2016 HB 1381NHGRI archive2016 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Amends the health care coverage law for breast cancer screening by requiring coverage for a person with an increased lifetime risk of breast cancer determined by a risk factor model such as Tyrer-Cuzick, BRCAPro, or Gail. 05/02/2016 In Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs. Postponed Indefinitely. |
| Colorado | 2015 State Bills Colorado 2015 HB 1199NHGRI archive2015 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | This bill requires a state agency or educational institution to obtain consent from parents or eligible students prior to collecting certain data, including biometric records. Biometric records are defined to include DNA. Died. |
| Colorado | 2015 State Bills Colorado 2015 SB 77NHGRI archive2015 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy, Research | Died | Establishes a parental bill of rights. Requirements include parental consent in writing before any record of a minor child's blood or DNA is made, shared, or stored, unless such blood or DNA is otherwise required by law or court order. Died. |
| Colorado | 2013 State Bills Colorado 2013 HB 1266NHGRI archive2013 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Enacted | This bill amends existing statutes pertaining to mammography coverage for persons with a predisposition to breast cancer by amending provisions related to copayments and deductibles and the frequency of mammography coverage requirements (breast cancer screening with mammography required annually.) Signed by the Governor on May 13, 2013. |
| Colorado | 2013 State Bills Colorado 2013 HB 1309NHGRI archive2013 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Amends existing coverage requirements for breast cancer screening with mammography for individuals with a genetic predispoition to breast cancer. Requires all sickness and accident insurance policies to provide coverage for breast imaging for all individuals possessing at least one risk factor for breast cancer, including a family history of breast cancer, being 40 years of age or older, or a genetic predisposition to breast cancer. Died. |
| Colorado | 2010 State Bills Colorado 2010 HB 1422NHGRI archive2010 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Enacted | This bill amends section 10-3-1104.6 of the statutes by modifying a provision on limitations on disclosure of genetic information. The list of public health entities exempt from limitations on disclosure when conducting certain activities is reworded to include county, district or municipal public health agencies. Signed by the Governor on June 10, 2010. |
| Colorado | 2009 State Bills Colorado 2009 HB 1338NHGRI archive2009 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy, Research | Enacted | This bill amends definitions in the Colorado genetic nondiscrimination in health insurance law. The bill also adds a new section to the Colorado statutes pertaining to limitations on disclosure of genetic information and allows the use of genetic information by research facilities provided that the information is not disclosed to third parties other than to an individual's physician with his or her consent. Signed by the Governor May 25, 2010. |
| Colorado | 2008 State Bills Colorado 2008 SB 241NHGRI archive2008 legislative sessionPrimary source | Employment Nondiscrimination | Enacted | This bill prohibits the reduction of an employees permanent total disability when the disability is a result of a work-related injury or a work-related injury combined with a congenital, genetic or similar conditions except that the law does not apply to reductions in recovery or apportionment allowed pursuant to Colorado Supreme Court decision in Anderson v. Brinkhoff, 859 P.2d 819, (Colo. 1993). Signed into law June 2, 2008. |
| Colorado | State StatuteColorado: CRS 10-16-02NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Statute | Health-status related factor is defined to include genetic information in Title 10 Article 16, which pertains to health care coverage. |
| Colorado | State StatuteColorado: CRS 10-16-102 et seq.NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Statute | The law requires breast cancer screening with mammography annually for persons with a predisposition to breast cancer. |
| Colorado | State StatuteColorado: CRS 10-3-1104.6NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy, Research | Statute | Genetic information the property of the individual, and written consent is required for its disclosure other than for diagnosis, treatment or therapy. Health care entities may not retain or use genetic information for non-therapeutic purposes or request or require a genetic test; however, test results may be used on a limited basis to make payment decisions. Exceptions under the law include the use of genetic information for scientific research if the identity of the individual to whom the genetic information pertains is not disclosed to a third party other than the individuals physician with written consent. The law provides remedies for individuals whose rights are violated. |
| Colorado | State StatuteColorado: CRS 10-3-1104.7NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy, Research | Statute | Genetic information is the property of the individual to whom it pertains. Release of genetic information that identifies the person tested for purposes other than diagnosis, treatment and therapy requires specific written consent. Exemptions under the law include some uses by research facilities. researchers may use genetic testing information for scientific research as long as the identity of any individual to whom the information pertains is not disclosed to any third party except that the individuals identity may be disclosed to the individuals physician with written consent. Group disability or long-term care insurers that receive genetic information may not seek, use or keep the information for any non-therapeutic or underwriting purpose. Life insurers and individual disability insurers may not perform a genetic test without informed consent. Penalties are set forth for unfair trade practices with respect to group disability and long-term care insurance. |
| Colorado | State StatuteColorado: CRS 6-23-101 et seq.NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Other Topics | Statute | Prohibits direct primary health care providers from discriminating in the selection of patients on the basis of genetic information and other protected classes. |