Kansas
Explore the Kansas records currently included in this collection. Coverage is not complete.
State Laws Database: 0 records
NHGRI database archive: 9 records
Status: 6 enacted or approved; 2 proposed or pending
Most common mapped topics: Health Insurance Nondiscrimination (3) · Privacy (3) · Employment Nondiscrimination (1)
Records in Kansas
Showing 9 of 9; State Laws Database records appear first.
| Jurisdiction | Law or policy | Topics | Status | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 2014 State Bills Kansas 2014 HB 2621NHGRI archive2014 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | The state board, the department of education, a unified school district or local education agency may not provide any personally identifiable information of any student or teacher, including a DNA sequence, to any federal agency, any Kansas state or local agency, state or local agency outside the state of Kansas, or any other organization or entity unless under specified circumstances. Died. |
| Kansas | 2014 State Bills Kansas 2014 SB 367NHGRI archive2014 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Enacted | Prohibits school districts from collecting biometric data from a student, including a DNA sequence, unless the student, if an adult, or the parent or legal guardian of the student, if a minor, consents in writing. Approved by Governor on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. |
| Kansas | 2010 State Bills Kansas 2010 HB 2501NHGRI archive2010 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Enacted | As described in the supplemental bill note, this bill establishes additional restrictions on insurance companies that require larger premiums for coverage based on obtaining a genetic test or the results of a genetic test, or that adjust premiums based on obtaining a genetic test or the results of a genetic test. The bill also specifies that the genetic testing provisions in law would apply to group policies and certificates of coverage or individual policies that provide hospital, medical or surgical expense benefits. Approved by the Governor April 15, 2010. |
| Kansas | 2010 State Bills Kansas 2010 SB 390NHGRI archive2010 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Enacted | As described in the supplemental bill note, this bill establishes additional restrictions on insurance companies that require larger premiums for coverage based on obtaining a genetic test or the results of a genetic test, or that adjust premiums based on obtaining a genetic test or the results of a genetic test. The bill also specifies that the genetic testing provisions in law would apply to group policies and certificates of coverage or individual policies that provide hospital, medical or surgical expense benefits. Approved March 22, 2010. |
| Kansas | Kansas HB 2409NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Genetic Data & Law Enforcement, Parentage law | Introduced | Enacting the Kansas uniform parentage act (2017). |
| Kansas | Kansas SB 139NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Neonatal sequencing | Introduced | Expanding newborn screening services and increasing transfer from the medical assistance fee fund to the Kansas newborn screening fund. |
| Kansas | State StatuteKansas: KSA 40-2209, 40-2209p, 40-2257, and 40-2259NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Statute | The statutes restrict the use of genetic tests, information about whether an individual or family member has obtained a genetic test, and test results by a health insurance company, health maintenance organization, nonprofit medical and hospital, dental, optometric or pharmacy corporation, or a group subject to K.S.A. 12-2616 et seq. offering group policies and certificates of coverage or individual policies providing hospital, medical or surgical expense benefits. These entities may not require any individual, as a condition of enrollment or continued enrollment, higher premiums or contributions or than a similarly situated individual based on a genetic test or adjust premium or contribution amounts based on a genetic test. An accident or sickness insurer may not deny coverage based on a health status-related factors, including genetic information, and group policies providing hospital, medical or surgical expense benefits may not impose pre-existing condition exclusions based on genetic information in the absence of a diagnosis. The use of such information by an insurer writing life insurance, disability income insurance or long-term care insurance coverage also is restricted unless it is for the purpose of writing life insurance coverage. Life, disability income or long-term care insurers also may not provide for rates or any other aspect of coverage that is not reasonably related to the risk involved. |
| Kansas | State StatuteKansas: KSA 44-1002 and 44-1009NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Employment Nondiscrimination | Statute | An employer may not (1) seek to obtain, obtain or use genetic screening or testing information of an employee or a prospective employee to discriminate against an employee or a prospective employee or (2) subject any employee or prospective employee to any genetic screening or test. |
| Kansas | State StatuteKansas: KSA 72-6214NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Privacy | Statute | Prohibits school districts from collecting biometric data from a student, including a DNA sequence, unless the student, if an adult, or the parent or legal guardian of the student, if a minor, consents in writing. |