SENATE BILL NO. 101


   January 26, 1999, Introduced by Senator A. SMITH and referred to 
        the Committee on Health Policy.



        A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

   "Public health code,"

   (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 21053e.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 21053E.  A HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION SHALL NOT

 2    EXCLUDE ANY INDIVIDUAL AND SHALL NOT ESTABLISH ANY RATES OR TERMS

 3    ON A GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF ANY GENETIC

 4    CHARACTERISTIC.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "GENETIC

 5    CHARACTERISTIC" MEANS AN INHERITED GENE OR CHROMOSOME, OR ALTER-

 6    ATION OF A GENE OR CHROMOSOME, THAT IS SCIENTIFICALLY OR MEDI-

 7    CALLY BELIEVED TO PREDISPOSE AN INDIVIDUAL TO A DISEASE, DISOR-

 8    DER, OR SYNDROME OR TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A STATISTICALLY

 9    INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPMENT OF A DISEASE, DISORDER, OR

10    SYNDROME.




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