Florida
Explore the Florida records currently included in this collection. Coverage is not complete.
State Laws Database: 0 records
NHGRI database archive: 37 records
Status: 12 enacted or approved; 0 proposed or pending
Most common mapped topics: Privacy (15) · Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination (10) · Health Insurance Nondiscrimination (9)
Records in Florida
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| Jurisdiction | Law or policy | Topics | Status | Summary |
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| Florida | 2021 State Bills Florida 2021 HB 241NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Enacted | Creates the Parents' Bill of Rights. Parental rights include the right to consent in writing before any record of his or her minor child's blood or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is created, stored, or shared, except as required by general law or authorized pursuant to a court order. 6/29/21 Approved by the Governor. Effective 7/1/2021. |
| Florida | 2021 State Bills Florida 2021 HB 833NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy, Research | Enacted | Prohibits a person to from willfully, and without express consent: (1) collecting or retaining another person's DNA sample with the intent to perform DNA analysis; (2) submitting another person's DNA sample for analysis or conducting or procuring the conduct of another person's DNA analysis; (3) disclosing another person's DNA analysis result to a third party; and (4) selling or otherwise transferring another person's DNA sample or the results of another person's DNA analysis to third party, regardless of whether the DNA sample was originally collected, retained, or analyzed with express consent. The bill provides exemptions for certain activities such as research subject to, and conducted in compliance with, 45 C.F.R. part 46, 21 C.F.R. parts 50 and 56, or 45 C.F.R. parts 160 and 164. 6/19/2021 Approved by the Governor. Effective 10/1/2021. |
| Florida | 2021 State Bills Florida 2021 HB 969NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Creates the Florida privacy Protection Act. Requires collectors to provide notice to consumers about data collection and selling practices. Provides consumers right to request data be disclosed, deleted, or corrected and to opt-in or opt-out of sale or sharing of such data. Provides nondiscrimination measures, methods for requesting data and opting-in or opting-out of sale or sharing of such data, private cause of action, enforcement, and jurisdiction. Personal information is defined to include biometric information such as DNA. 4/30/21 Died in returning messages. |
| Florida | 2021 State Bills Florida 2021 SB 1140NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Topics, Privacy | Died | This bill prohibits DNA analysis and disclosure of DNA analysis results without authorization; prohibits the collection or retention of a DNA sample of another person without authorization for specified purposes; prohibits specified DNA analysis and disclosure of DNA analysis results without authorization, etc. |
| Florida | 2021 State Bills Florida 2021 SB 1734NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Creates the Florida privacy Protection Act. Requires certain businesses that collect consumer personal information to provide certain information to the consumer. Provides that consumers have the right to direct certain businesses not to sell their personal information. Prohibits businesses from selling the personal information of consumers younger than a specified age without express authorization from the consumer or the consumer�s parent or guardian under certain circumstances. Authorizes consumers to initiate civil actions for violations. Personal information is defined to include biometric information such as DNA. 4/28/21 Read 2nd time. Substituted CS/CS/CS/HB 969 (Died in returning Messages). Laid on Table - SJ 753. |
| Florida | 2021 State Bills Florida 2021 SB 582NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Creates the Parents' Bill of Rights. Parental rights include the right to consent in writing before any record of his or her minor child's blood or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is created, stored, or shared, except as required by general law or authorized pursuant to a court order. 4/21/2021 Senate Laid on Table, companion bill passed, see HB 241 (Ch. 2021-199) SJ 547. |
| Florida | 2020 State Bills Florida 2020 HB 1059NHGRI 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. 3/14/2020 Died in Judiciary. |
| Florida | 2020 State Bills Florida 2020 HB 1189NHGRI archive2020 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy | Enacted | Amends the state insurance law pertaining to the use of genetic information. Prohibits life, long-term care, or disability income insurers from: (1) canceling, limiting or denying coverage, or establishing differentials in premium rates, based on genetic information in the absence of a diagnosis; (2) requiring or soliciting genetic information, using genetic test results, or considering a person's actions related to genetic testing for any insurance purpose. 6/30/2020 Approved by the Governor. Effective 7/1/2020. |
| Florida | 2020 State Bills Florida 2020 SB 1564NHGRI archive2020 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy | Died | Specifies criteria that must be met before a life insurer, long-term care insurer, or disability income insurer may use genetic information for underwriting purposes. Prohibits a life, long-term care, or disability income insurer from canceling coverage based solely on genetic information; requiring an applicant to take a genetic test as a condition of insurability; or obtaining, requesting, or otherwise requiring the complete genome sequence of an applicant�s DNA. Requires written consent for companies providing direct-to-consumer commercial genetic testing to share information about a consumer with a life insurer or health insurer. HB 1189 Substituted. Died. |
| Florida | 2020 State Bills Florida 2020 SB 1634NHGRI 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. 3/14/20/20 Died in Rules. |
| Florida | 2019 State Bills Florida 2019 HB 1171NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Enacts the Parents Bill of Rights. Parental rights include the right to consent in writing before any record of his or her minor child�s blood or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is created, stored, or shared, except as required by general law or authorized pursuant to a court order. Died. |
| Florida | 2019 State Bills Florida 2019 HB 697NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Creates Healthy Florida Program for purpose of comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage. The Board of the program must establish requirements and standards to promote nondiscrimination, including based on genetic information. Died. |
| Florida | 2019 State Bills Florida 2019 HB 879NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Prohibits life insurers and long-term care insurers from basing decisions on genetic information. Prohibits these insurers from taking certain actions related to genetic information for any insurance purpose. Died. |
| Florida | 2019 State Bills Florida 2019 SB 1486NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Creates Healthy Florida Program for purpose of comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage. The Board of the program must establish requirements and standards to promote nondiscrimination, including based on genetic information. Died. |
| Florida | 2019 State Bills Florida 2019 SB 1726NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Enacts the Parents Bill of Rights. Parental rights include the right to consent in writing before any record of his or her minor child�s blood or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is created, stored, or shared, except as required by general law or authorized pursuant to a court order. Died. |
| Florida | 2019 State Bills Florida 2019 SB 258NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Topics, Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Prohibits life insurers, long-term care insurers, and disability income insurers from certain actions relating to genetic information or genetic testing of applicants. Prohibits these insurers from taking certain actions relating to coverage or rates unless certain conditions are met. Requires entities providing direct-to-consumer genetic testing to obtain prior written authorization to disclose identifying health information to life or health insurers. Died. |
| Florida | 2018 State Bills Florida 2018 HB 1385NHGRI archive2018 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Creates the Healthy Florida program to be administered by the Healthy Florida Board. Every resident of Florida is eligible and entitled to enroll under the Healthy Florida program. The program may not discriminate based on genetic information. 3/10/2018 Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee. |
| Florida | 2018 State Bills Florida 2018 HB 855NHGRI archive2018 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Prohibits life insurers and long-term care insurers, except under certain circumstances, from canceling, limiting, or denying coverage, or establishing differentials in premium rates, based on genetic information. 3/10/2018 Died in Banking and Insurance. |
| Florida | 2018 State Bills Florida 2018 SB 1106NHGRI archive2018 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Prohibits life insurers and long-term care insurers from canceling, limiting, or denying coverage, or establishing differentials in premium rates, based on genetic information, if there is no diagnosis of a condition related to the genetic information. The bill also prohibits these insurers from requiring or soliciting genetic information, using genetic test results, or considering a person�s decisions or actions relating to genetic testing for any insurance purpose. 3/10/2018 Died in Rules. |
| Florida | 2018 State Bills Florida 2018 SB 1872NHGRI archive2018 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Creates the Healthy Florida program to be administered by the Healthy Florida Board. Every resident of Florida is eligible and entitled to enroll under the Healthy Florida program. The program may not discriminate based on genetic information. 3/10/2018 Died in Banking and Insurance. |