California Health and Safety Code

§ 1374.7

HSC § 1374.7 Effective Jan 1, 2000Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 5

Statute text

(a)No plan shall refuse to enroll any person or accept any person as a subscriber or renew any person as a subscriber after appropriate application on the basis of a person’s genetic characteristics that may, under some circumstances, be associated with disability in that person or that person’s offspring. No plan shall require a higher rate or charge, or offer or provide different terms, conditions, or benefits, on the basis of a person’s genetic characteristics that may, under some circumstances, be associated with disability in that person or that person’s offspring.

(b)No plan shall seek information about a person’s genetic characteristics for any nontherapeutic purpose.

(c)No discrimination shall be made in the fees or commissions of a solicitor or solicitor firm for an enrollment or a subscription or the renewal of an enrollment or subscription of any person on the basis of a person’s genetic characteristics that may, under some circumstances, be associated with disability in that person or that person’s offspring.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 311, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.