SENATE BILL 12 |
SENATE AUTHOR: Nelson |
EFFECTIVE: 09-01-01 |
HOUSE SPONSOR: McCall |
Senate Bill 12 amends the Labor Code, the Insurance Code, and other statutes relating to prohibited uses of genetic information to define "family health history" and "genetic characteristic" and to expand the definitions of "genetic information" and "genetic test" in order to prohibit certain discriminatory activities based on those factors by employers, occupational licensing authorities, and insurers.