Employee Benefits And Executive Compensation / Health Law Advisory: DOL, Treasury And HHS Issue Joint Interim Final Rule Under Title - Of The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Of 2008 (Relating To Group Health Plans And Health Insurance Issue

Mondaq Business Briefing › United States Law Articles in English (2009)

Author: Mr Mintz Levin Employee Benefits And Executive Compensation Group

Author position: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

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Employee Benefits And Executive Compensation / Health Law Advisory: DOL, Treasury And HHS Issue Joint Interim Final Rule Under Title - Of The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Of 2008 (Relating To Group Health Plans And Health Insurance Issue

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) was signed into law on May 21, 2008. The law's purpose is to ensure that genetic information is not used to discriminate against individuals in matters of employment or for insurance underwriting purposes. GINA Title I amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Social Security Act to prohibit discrimination in health coverage based on genetic information, and to expand upon the protections established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). HIPAA already contains robust non–discrimination rules that prohibit a group health plan or group health insurance issuer from imposing preexisting condition excl...

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