Connecticut General Statutes 38a-833 – Nonconsensual acquisition or use of genetic information and required genetic testing prohibited. Exception
No insurer, health care center or fraternal benefit society doing business in this state shall:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-833
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Insurance: means any agreement to pay a sum of money, provide services or any other thing of value on the happening of a particular event or contingency or to provide indemnity for loss in respect to a specified subject by specified perils in return for a consideration. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- Policy: means any document, including attached endorsements and riders, purporting to be an enforceable contract, which memorializes in writing some or all of the terms of an insurance contract. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- State: means any state, district, or territory of the United States. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
(1) In connection with the issuance, withholding, extension or renewal of an annuity or an insurance policy for life, credit life, disability, long-term care, accidental injury, specified disease, hospital indemnity or credit accident insurance, request, require, purchase or use information obtained from an entity providing direct-to-consumer genetic testing without the informed written consent of the individual who has been tested; or
(2) Condition insurance rates, the provision or renewal of insurance coverage or benefit or other conditions of insurance for an individual on:
(A) Any requirement or agreement that the individual undergo genetic testing; or
(B) The results of any genetic testing of a member of the individual’s family unless the results are contained in the individual’s medical record.