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92_SB0042enr
SB42 Enrolled LRB9203352WHtm
1 AN ACT in relation to health.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Genetic Information Privacy Act is
5 amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
6 (410 ILCS 513/20)
7 Sec. 20. Use of genetic testing information for
8 insurance purposes.
9 (a) An insurer may not seek information derived from
10 genetic testing for use in connection with a policy of
11 accident and health insurance. Except as provided in
12 subsection (b), an insurer that receives information derived
13 from genetic testing, regardless of the source of that
14 information, may not use the information for a nontherapeutic
15 purpose as it relates to a policy of accident and health
16 insurance.
17 (b) An insurer may consider the results of genetic
18 testing in connection with a policy of accident and health
19 insurance if the individual voluntarily submits the results
20 and the results are favorable to the individual.
21 (c) An insurer that possesses information derived from
22 genetic testing may not release the information to a third
23 party, except as specified in Section 30.
24 (Source: P.A. 90-25, eff. 1-1-98.)
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.
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