Georgia
Explore the Georgia records currently included in this collection. Coverage is not complete.
State Laws Database: 0 records
NHGRI database archive: 11 records
Status: 4 enacted or approved; 1 proposed or pending
Most common mapped topics: Privacy (4) · Health Insurance Coverage (2) · Health Insurance Nondiscrimination (2)
Records in Georgia
Showing 11 of 11; State Laws Database records appear first.
| Jurisdiction | Law or policy | Topics | Status | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 2021 State Bills Georgia 2021 HB 115NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Pending | Prohibits life and long-term care insurers that receive information from genetic testing from using the information for any non-therapeutic purpose, including, but not limited to, canceling, limiting, or denying coverage or establishing differentials in premium rates. These insurers also may not require or solicit genetic information, use genetic testing results, or consider a person's decisions or actions related to genetic testing in any manner for any insurance purpose. Carries over to 2022 session. |
| Georgia | 2020 State Bills Georgia 2020 HB 1125NHGRI archive2020 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Enacted | Requires the state employees' health insurance and benefit plan to cover mammograms and breast imaging for individuals at high risk for breast cancer. Individuals at high risk include those with a known BRCA 1 or 2 mutation based on genetic testing or with a first degree relative with known mutation. Act 587 Effective 1/1/2021. |
| Georgia | 2015 State Bills Georgia 2015 SB 157NHGRI archive2015 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Except as required by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, specified information, including DNA, may not be collected, entered into any student data base, or maintained as education records by a state agency, local board of education, or school. Died. |
| Georgia | 2014 State Bills Georgia 2014 SB 167NHGRI archive2014 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy, Use of Residual Newborn Screening Specimens | Died | Prohibits the collection of student or family information by any state agency, local school system or educational institution, including biometric data (defined to include DNA sequence and newborn screening information), except as may be necessary to facilitate the instruction of special needs students or students participating in school physical education and athletic programs. Died. |
| Georgia | 2010 State Bills Georgia 2010 SB 408NHGRI archive2010 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill prohibits a health group cooperative from excluding a small employer based on a health status-related factor, including genetic information in relation to an employee or dependent of an employee. Measure failed. |
| Georgia | 2007 State Bills Georgia 2007 HB 276NHGRI archive2007 legislative sessionPrimary source | Employment Nondiscrimination, Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy | Died | This bill creates guidelines such as consent requirements for the creation and storage of biometric information, which is defined to include DNA samples. The bill also prohibits life insurers from requiring genetic information to determine an applicants eligibility or rates to be charged for life insurance; however, any pre-existing genetic information must be supplied to the insurance company upon application. The bill forbids employers or employment agencies from using information derived from genetic testing for identification purposes or as a condition of employment. The bill provides remedies for individuals whose genetic information is inappropriately used. Measure failed. |
| Georgia | Georgia SB 135NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Genetic Data & Law Enforcement | Enacted | Relating to determination of paternity, so as to align evidentiary medical and genetic testing with the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017. |
| Georgia | https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/215369NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Neonatal sequencing | Died | Relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for Medicaid coverage of rapid whole genome sequencing; to define a term; to provide for eligibility criteria; to provide for coverage criteria; to provide for necessary approvals and administrative actions. |
| Georgia | https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/215369NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Neonatal sequencing | Died | Relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for Medicaid coverage of rapid whole genome sequencing; to define a term; to provide for eligibility criteria; to provide for coverage criteria; to provide for necessary approvals and administrative actions. |
| Georgia | State StatuteGeorgia: OCGA 33-54-1 et seq.NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy, Research | Statute | Genetic information is the property of the individual tested. Prior written authorization is required for genetic testing and release of results to anyone other than the person tested. A fraternal benefit society, a nonprofit medical service corporation, a health care corporation, a health maintenance corporation, or a self-insured health plan not subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of ERISA may not seek information derived from genetic testing, and if it is received, the information may not be used for any nontherapeutic purpose or be released without explicit written consent. Exceptions include scientific research facilities, which may conduct genetic testing and use information derived from testing for scientific research if the identity of any individual tested is not disclosed to any third party, except to an individual's physician with consent. |
| Georgia | State StatuteGeorgia: OCGA 45-18-4.1NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Statute | Requires the state employees' health insurance and benefit plan to cover mammograms and breast imaging for individuals at high risk for breast cancer. Individuals at high risk include those with a known BRCA 1 or 2 mutation based on genetic testing or with a first degree relative with known mutation. |