West Virginia
Explore the West Virginia records currently included in this collection. Coverage is not complete.
State Laws Database: 0 records
NHGRI database archive: 17 records
Status: 3 enacted or approved; 1 proposed or pending
Most common mapped topics: Privacy (9) · Health Insurance Coverage (5) · Health Insurance Nondiscrimination (4)
Records in West Virginia
Showing 17 of 17; State Laws Database records appear first.
| Jurisdiction | Law or policy | Topics | Status | Summary |
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| West Virginia | 2021 State Bills West Virginia 2021 HB 2663NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Requires health_insurance_coverage of a comprehensive ultrasound screening if a mammogram demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue 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 nurse. To House Banking and Insurance 02/23/21. Died. |
| West Virginia | 2021 State Bills West Virginia 2021 HB 3159NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Requires a business that collects personal information about consumers to maintain an online privacy policy, make such policy available on its Internet website, and update the information at least once every 12 months. Personal information includes biometric information such as an individual's DNA. 3/15/2021 To House Judiciary. Died. |
| West Virginia | 2021 State Bills West Virginia 2021 SB 567NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Requires health benefit plans to provide insurance to persons without regard to their health status. Prohibits insurers from using genetic information in decisions regarding premium, deductible, copay or coinsurance. 3/5/2021 To Senate Banking and Insurance Committee. Died. |
| West Virginia | 2020 State Bills West Virginia 2020 HB 2224NHGRI archive2020 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Requires insurance coverage of a comprehensive ultrasound screening of breast if a woman is believed to be at increased risk of cancer based on several factors, including positive genetic testing. Died. |
| West Virginia | 2019 State Bills West Virginia 2019 HB 2224NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Requires insurance coverage of a comprehensive ultrasound screening of breast if a woman is believed to be at increased risk of cancer based on several factors, including positive genetic testing. Died. |
| West Virginia | 2017 State Bills West Virginia 2017 HB 2471NHGRI archive2017 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Insurers that provide reimbursement or indemnity for laboratory or X-ray services must cover a comprehensive ultrasound screening of an entire breast or breasts if a woman is believed to be at increased risk for cancer due to positive genetic testing or other indications as determined by a woman's physician or advanced practice nurse. Died. |
| West Virginia | 2017 State Bills West Virginia 2017 HB 3021NHGRI archive2017 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Insurers that provide reimbursement or indemnity for laboratory or X-ray services must cover a comprehensive ultrasound screening of an entire breast or breasts if a woman is believed to be at increased risk for cancer due to positive genetic testing or other indications as determined by a woman's physician or advanced practice nurse. Died. |
| West Virginia | 2016 State Bills West Virginia 2016 HB 4261NHGRI archive2016 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Enacted | Prohibits the West Virginia Department of Education from transferring confidential student information, including genetic information, to any federal, state or local agency or other person or entity with some specified exceptions. Signed by the Governor 3/25/2016. Effective 90 days from passage. |
| West Virginia | 2015 State Bills West Virginia 2015 HB 2258NHGRI archive2015 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Establishes a parental bill of rights. Requirements include parental consent in writing before any record of a minor child's blood or DNA is made, shared, or stored, unless such blood or DNA is otherwise required by law or court order. Died. |
| West Virginia | 2014 State Bills West Virginia 2014 HB 3121NHGRI archive2014 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Provides that all parental rights are reserved to a parent of a minor child without obstruction or interference from this state, a political subdivision of this state, other governmental entity or other institution including, but not limited to, the right to consent before DNA is created, stored or shared. Died. |
| West Virginia | 2014 State Bills West Virginia 2014 SB 420NHGRI archive2014 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Creates a Longitudinal Data System, which links child care, student and workforce unit record data, and governing board of the system. The governing board must prohibit the collection of confidential information, which includes genetic information. Died. |
| West Virginia | 2013 State Bills West Virginia 2013 SB 45NHGRI archive2013 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | The Division of Motor Vehicles or other state agency or department charged with motor vehicle registration or operation, the issuance or renewal of driver licenses or the issuance or renewal of any identification cards, must modify applications to include an exemption for a biometric and social security number religious exemption. Biometric data is defined to include DNA and RNA. Died. |
| West Virginia | 2009 State Bills West Virginia 2009 HB 2720NHGRI archive2009 legislative sessionPrimary source | Employment Nondiscrimination, Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy, Research | Died | This bill creates the Genetic Information privacy Act. Genetic testing and genetic information derived from testing may be released only to the individual tested or people specifically given written authorization to receive the information by the individual. Accident and health insurers may not request or seek information derived from genetic testing. If the federal government or others propose guidelines, the bill authorizes the insurance commissioner to propose rules to authorize further disclosure of information derived from genetic testing for insurance purposes beyond what is permitted in the legislation. The bill requires employers to treat information derived from genetic testing in a manner consistent with federal law, including but not limited to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Exclusions under the definition of genetic testing includes research governed by the Common Rule, tests conducted purely for research, tests for somatic as opposed to heritable mutations, tests where direct personal identifiers that reveal the patients identity are encoded or encrypted and tests that are composed of de-identified or anonymized information. Penalties for violations are set forth. Measure failed. |
| West Virginia | 2008 State Bills West Virginia 2008 HB 2978NHGRI archive2008 legislative sessionPrimary source | Employment Nondiscrimination, Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Privacy, Research | Died | This bill creates the Genetic Information privacy Act. Genetic testing and genetic information derived from testing may be released only to the individual tested or people specifically given written authorization to receive the information by the individual. Accident and health insurers may not request or seek information derived from genetic testing. If the federal government or others propose guidelines, the bill authorizes the insurance commissioner to propose rules to authorize further disclosure of information derived from genetic testing for insurance purposes beyond what is permitted in the legislation. The bill requires employers to treat information derived from genetic testing in a manner consistent with federal law, including but not limited to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Exclusions under the definition of genetic testing includes research governed by the Common Rule, tests conducted purely for research, tests for somatic as opposed to heritable mutations, tests where direct personal identifiers that reveal the patients identity are encoded or encrypted and tests that are composed of de-identified or anonymized information. Penalties for violations are set forth. Measure failed. |
| West Virginia | State StatuteWest Virginia: WVC 18-2-5hNHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Privacy | Statute | The Department of Education must prohibit the collection of confidential student information, including genetic information. The Department may not transfer student or redacted data that is confidential except under specified circumstances. |
| West Virginia | State StatuteWest Virginia: WVC 33-15-2a, 33-16-1a, and 33-16-3kNHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Statute | A health benefit plan issued in connection with a group health plan may not impose a pre-existing condition exclusion based on genetic information in the absence of a diagnosis. A health status-related factor is defined to include genetic information as defined in section of the statutes pertaining to individual group accident and sickness insurance. |
| West Virginia | West Virginia HB 3025NHGRI archiveDate not stated in source labelPrimary source | Genetic Data & Law Enforcement | Introduced | Relating to DNA data maintained for law enforcement purposes. |