Number: RL33988
Title: Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance: A Side-by-Side Comparison of the Title I Provisions in S. 358 and H.R.493
Authors: C. Stephen Redhead and Amanda K. Sarata, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report provides a comparison of the Title I provisions in S. 358 and H.R. 493. Those provisions would extend the current Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protections against discrimination by group health plans and issuers of health insurance in both the group and individual markets, and restrict their collection, use and disclosure of genetic information.
Pages: 13
Date: April 25, 2008