Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-833

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 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:

(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.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-833

Added by P.A. 21-0137,S. 2 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2021.