California Insurance Code

§ 10123.3

INS § 10123.3 Effective Jan 1, 2000Div. 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)No self-insured employee welfare benefit 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 than is at the time required of any other individual in an otherwise identical classification, nor shall any plan make or require any rebate, discrimination, or discount upon the amount to be paid or the service to be rendered under the plan because the person carries those traits.

(b)No self-insured employee welfare benefit 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. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.