Connecticut
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State Laws Database: 0 records
NHGRI database archive: 26 records
Status: 11 enacted or approved; 0 proposed or pending
Most common mapped topics: Health Insurance Coverage (8) · Privacy (5) · Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination (4)
Records in Connecticut
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| Jurisdiction | Law or policy | Topics | Status | Summary |
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| Connecticut | 2021 State Bills California 2021 HB 5017NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Requires health_insurance_coverage for genetic cystic fibrosis screenings for women. Died. |
| Connecticut | 2021 State Bills California 2021 SB 6626NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Requires individual health insurance policies to provide coverage for diagnostic and screening mammograms under certain circumstances. Positive genetic testing for the harmful variant of breast cancer gene one, breast cancer gene two or any other gene variant that materially increases the insured's risk for breast cancer fulfills the criteria for required coverage. Died. |
| Connecticut | 2021 State Bills Connecticut 2021 HB 5364NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Topics | Died | Creates a penalty for the unauthorized public photography of an individual with a genetic or medical condition. Died. |
| Connecticut | 2021 State Bills Connecticut 2021 HB 5687NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Requires health_insurance_coverage, without any out-of-pocket expense, for: (1) diagnostic and screening mammograms, breast ultrasounds and magnetic resonance imaging of breasts for all insureds; (2) breast biopsies for all insureds, and (3) prophylactic mastectomies and breast reconstruction surgery for all insureds who have the harmful variant of breast cancer gene one (BRCA1), breast cancer gene two (BRCA2) or any similar gene variant that materially increases breast cancer risk. 1/27/2021 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate. |
| Connecticut | 2021 State Bills Connecticut 2021 SB 841NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Enacted | Prohibits insurers, health care centers and fraternal benefit societies from, in connection with the issuance, withholding, extension or renewal of an annuity or an insurance policy for life, credit life, disability, long-term care, accidental injury, specified disease, hospital indemnity or credit accident insurance: (1) requesting, requiring, purchasing or using information obtained from an entity providing direct-to-consumer genetic testing without the informed written consent of the individual who has been tested; (2) conditioning insurance rates, the provision or renewal of insurance coverage or benefit or other conditions of insurance for an individual on a requirement or agreement that the individual undergo genetic testing; and (3) conditioning insurance rates, the provision or renewal of insurance coverage or benefit or other conditions of insurance for an individual on the results of any genetic testing of a member of the individual's family unless the results are contained in the individual's medical record. 7/7/2021 Signed by the Governor. Effective October 1, 2021. |
| Connecticut | 2021 State Bills Connecticut 2021 SB 893NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Establishes a framework for controlling and processing personal data. Establishes responsibilities and privacy protection standards for data controllers and processors. Grants consumers the right to access, correct, delete and obtain a copy of personal data and to opt out of the processing of personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising. Sensitive data is defined as personal data that includes the processing of genetic or biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person. Died. |
| Connecticut | 2020 State Bills Connecticut 2020 SB 134NHGRI archive2020 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Requires businesses to disclose the proposed use of any personal information and to give consumers the right to discover what personal information the business possesses. Consumers may opt out of the sale of such information. Personal information is defined to include biometric information such as DNA which can be used to identify an individual. Died. |
| Connecticut | 2020 State Bills Connecticut 2020 SB 208NHGRI archive2020 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Prohibits insurers, health care centers or fraternal benefit societies from purchasing information from direct-to-consumer genetic testing; requesting or requiring that a person disclose this information; or using such information in connection with the issuance, extension, renewal or withholding of an annuity, life insurance or health insurance. Insurers may not make provision of any insurance coverage, benefit, rate or term based on a requirement to undergo genetic testing or the results of a genetic test of an individual's family unless the results are in the individual's medical record. Died. |
| Connecticut | 2019 State Bills Connecticut 2019 HB 6544NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Prohibits a consumer genetic-testing company from sharing any genetic data or other personally identifiable information about a consumer with any health or life insurance company. Died. |
| Connecticut | 2019 State Bills Connecticut 2019 HB 7262NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Prohibits life insurance companies from requiring genetic testing or using genetic information in connection with life insurance policies and annuity contracts. Died. |
| Connecticut | 2019 State Bills Connecticut 2019 SB 1108NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Enacted | Creates a task for concerning consumer privacy. The introduced version of the bill was amended to create a task force rather than set forth certain requirements pertaining to the privacy of personal information such as DNA. Signed by the Governor 7/9/2019. |
| Connecticut | 2019 State Bills Connecticut 2019 SB 369NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Topics | Died | Establishes a task force to require a study of the link between the abnormal genes associated with breast and ovarian cancers and the nerve death associated with Alzheimer's disease to improve diagnosis, risk assessment and treatment of such disease. Died. |
| Connecticut | 2018 State Bills Connecticut 2018 SB 440NHGRI archive2018 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | The Commissioner of Social Services must provide Medicaid coverage to the extent permissible under federal law for pharmacogenomics tests determined to be medically necessary. The commissioner may not require prior authorization for medically necessary pharmacogenomics tests for persons being treated for (1) behavioral disorders, (2) psychiatry disorders, (3) cardiovascular disorders, and (4) chronic pain. Died. |
| Connecticut | 2017 State Bills Connecticut 2017 HB 7222NHGRI archive2017 legislative sessionPrimary source | Research, Use of Residual Newborn Screening Specimens | Enacted | Requires that all research proposed to be conducted using personally identifiable information in the newborn screening system or requiring contact with affected individuals shall be reviewed and approved in advance by the health commissioner. 6/23/2017 Signed by the Governor. Effective 10/1/2017. |
| Connecticut | 2017 State Bills Connecticut 2017 SB 381NHGRI archive2017 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Topics | Died | Requires a study of the link between the abnormal genes associated with breast and ovarian cancers and the nerve death associated with Alzheimer's disease to improve diagnosis, risk assessment and treatment of disease. Died. |
| Connecticut | 2017 State Bills Connecticut 2017 SB 586NHGRI archive2017 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Requires individual and group health insurers to provide coverage for breast cancer chemoprevention counseling, risk assessment, genetic testing and counseling for any woman who is at increased risk for breast cancer due to family history, prior personal history of breast cancer, positive genetic testing or other indications as determined by a health care provider. Died. |
| Connecticut | 2017 State Bills Connecticut 2017 SB 968NHGRI archive2017 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Topics | Enacted | Creates a health data collaborative working group to examine and make recommendations regarding (1) precision medicine and personalized health; (2) economic growth initiatives for businesses working in certain scientific areas; (3) health data access, privacy and security initiatives; and (4) platforms for collecting health data in order to understand the interplay between genetic, behavioral and environmental factors in the incidence of disease or illness. 6/30/2017 Signed by the Governor. Effective immediately. |
| Connecticut | 2016 State Bills Connecticut 2016 HB 5233NHGRI archive2016 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Enacted | Adds tomosynthesis to health_insurance_coverage requirements if a woman is believed to be at increased risk for breast cancer due to family history or prior personal history of breast cancer, positive genetic testing or other indications as determined by a woman's physician or advanced practice registered nurse. June 2, 2016 Approved. Effective January 1, 2017. |
| Connecticut | 2015 State Bills Connecticut 2015 HB 5832NHGRI archive2015 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Adds tomosynthesis to health_insurance_coverage requirements if a woman is believed to be at increased risk for breast cancer due to family history or prior personal history of breast cancer, positive genetic testing or other indications as determined by a woman's physician or advanced practice registered nurse. Died. |
| Connecticut | 2009 State Bills Connecticut 2009 HB 6333NHGRI archive2009 legislative sessionPrimary source | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill amends the state genetic nondiscrimination law for employment by creating an exemption for state or local law enforcement, the department of public safety and the division of scientific services that allows those entities to request or require employees to provide genetic information for the purpose of detecting contamination of samples examined by the division of scientific services. Measure failed. |