Iowa
Explore the Iowa records currently included in this collection. Coverage is not complete.
State Laws Database: 0 records
NHGRI database archive: 13 records
Status: 6 enacted or approved; 1 proposed or pending
Most common mapped topics: Health Insurance Nondiscrimination (7) · Privacy (5) · Employment Nondiscrimination (3)
Records in Iowa
Showing 13 of 13; State Laws Database records appear first.
| Jurisdiction | Law or policy | Topics | Status | Summary |
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| Iowa | 2021 State Bills Iowa 2021 HF 55NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Pending | A participating healthcare provider or participating care coordinators may not refuse to provide health care services to a member of the Health Iowa Program on the basis of various characteristics, including genetic information. The board for the Health Iowa Program must adopt rules to promote nondiscrimination with respect to members and health care providers on the basis of various factors, including genetic information. Carries over to 2022 session. |
| Iowa | 2019 State Bills Iowa 2019 HF 96NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Iowa residents are eligible and entitled to enroll as a member in and receive benefits for health care services covered by the healthy Iowa program. A participating health care provider or participating care coordinator may not refuse to provide health care services to a member on the basis of genetic information. Died. |
| Iowa | 2019 State Bills Iowa 2019 HSB 14NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | This bill modifies a provision related to personal information in the event of a security breach of computerized data. The definition of personal information is amended to include a deoxyribonucleic acid profile. Died. |
| Iowa | 2019 State Bills Iowa 2019 SSB 1071NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | This bill modifies a provision related to personal information in the event of a security breach of computerized data. The definition of personal information is amended to include a deoxyribonucleic acid profile. Died. |
| Iowa | 2018 State Bills Iowa 2018 HF 2352NHGRI archive2018 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Establishes the Healthy Iowa program. Residents of the state are entitled to enroll. Discrimination is prohibited with respect to members and providers based on genetic information. Died. |
| Iowa | 2017 State Bills Iowa 2017 HF 31NHGRI archive2017 legislative sessionPrimary source | Use of Residual Newborn Screening Specimens | Died | Requires the Center for Congenital and Inherited Disorders to adopt rules to prohibit the retention and ensure proper disposal of residual newborn screening specimens. The Center must incinerate any residual specimens being stored before the effective date of the bill. Died. |
| Iowa | 2011 State Bills Iowa 2011 HF 597NHGRI archive2011 legislative sessionPrimary source | Employment Nondiscrimination | Enacted | This bill requires a health carrier to notify a covered person of the right to request an external review and include appropriate statements and information in the written notice of a final adverse decision. Health carriers also must include with the notice an authorization form or other document developed by the state that complies with the federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Signed by the Governor on April 28, 2011. |
| Iowa | 2010 State Bills Iowa 2010 HF 2531NHGRI archive2010 legislative sessionPrimary source | Employment Nondiscrimination | Enacted | This bill adds definitions to the genetic nondiscrimination in employment law. Signed by the Governor April 29, 2010. |
| Iowa | 2010 State Bills Iowa 2010 SF 2068NHGRI archive2010 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy, Research | Died | This bill prohibits health insurers from discriminating based on genetic information or tests. Authorization is required to obtain genetic information or samples. Consent requirements are established to collect, retain, transmit or use genetic information. Exceptions under consent requirements include medical or scientific research and eduction and for use in medical repositories and registries if it does not contain personally identifiable information. Health insurers may not release genetic information without prior written authorization. Exceptions for release requirements include (1) if an individual is participating in research settings, including those governed by the federal policy for the protection of human subjects, and (2) tests conducted purely for research. Measure failed. |
| Iowa | 2010 State Bills Iowa 2010 SF 2215NHGRI archive2010 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy, Research | Enacted | This bill prohibits health insurers from discriminating based on genetic information or tests. Authorization is required to obtain genetic information or samples. Consent requirements are established to collect, retain, transmit or use genetic information. Exceptions under consent requirements include medical or scientific research and eduction and for use in medical repositories and registries if it does not contain personally identifiable information. Health insurers may not release genetic information without prior written authorization. Exceptions for release requirements include (1) if an individual is participating in research settings, including those governed by the federal policy for the protection of human subjects, and (2) tests conducted purely for research. Signed by the Governor April 23, 2010. |
| Iowa | State StatuteIowa: IC 507B.4, 513B.9A and 513B.10NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy, Research | Statute | Health insurers may not discriminate based on genetic information or tests. Authorization is required to obtain genetic information or samples. Consent requirements are established to collect, retain, transmit or use genetic information. Exceptions under consent requirements include medical or scientific research and eduction and for use in medical repositories and registries if it does not contain personally identifiable information. Health insurers may not release genetic information without prior written authorization. Exceptions for release requirements include (1) if an individual is participating in research settings, including those governed by the federal policy for the protection of human subjects, and (2) tests conducted purely for research. A carrier or organized delivery system offering group health_insurance_coverage may not establish rules for eligibility or continued eligibility based on a health status-related factors, including genetic information, or impose a pre-existing condition exclusion based on genetic information in the absence of a diagnosis. |
| Iowa | State StatuteIowa: IC 514J.101 et seq.NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Statute | A health carrier to notify a covered person of the right to request an external review and include appropriate statements and information in the written notice of a final adverse decision. Health carriers also must include with the notice an authorization form or other document developed by the state that complies with the federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. |
| Iowa | State StatuteIowa: IC 729.6NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Employment Nondiscrimination | Statute | An employer, employment agency, labor organization, licensing agency, or its employees, agents, or members may not solicit, require or administer a genetic test as a condition of employment, application, membership or licensure or affect the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, application, membership, or licensure, of a person who obtains a genetic test. A person may not sell or interpret genetic tests for the above entities except with informed written consent for the purpose of workers compensation or biomonitoring of workplace toxins. Agreements between parties regarding pay or benefit for taking a genetic test are prohibited. The law may be enforced through civil action. |