Policies / Policy record
H.R. 493 — Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
Federal · SIGNED / ENACTED
Purpose
Prohibited covered employers and health plans from using specified genetic information for employment decisions or health-insurance eligibility and premium decisions.
Official summary
The official federal record identifies the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act and records its enactment as Public Law 110-233.
ALS and gene-carrier relevance
Included because genetic-information protections are a required national policy topic; the exact federal scope differs by insurance type.
Policy scope and insurance types
- Policy scope
- Genetic data privacy, Health insurance, Employment
- Genetic policy scope
- Not stated
- Insurance types affected
- Health
- Policy type
- Bill
- Record type
- Historical Enacted Bill
- Time status
- Historical
- Verification
- Verified
- Discovered from
- Official Legislature
- Status detail
- Public Law 110-233
- Companion bills
- Not stated
- Derived from bill
- Not stated
- Codified as
- Not stated
Jurisdiction and session
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Session
- 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Topics
- genetic discrimination, genetic privacy, health insurance
- Bill / act number
- H.R. 493 · Public Law 110-233
- Introduced
- 01-11-2007
- Last action
- 05-21-2008
- Passed House / Assembly
- Not stated
- Passed Senate
- Not stated
- Governor action
- Not stated
- Approved / enacted
- 05-21-2008
- Effective
- 05-21-2009
- Vetoed
- Not stated
Sponsors, cosponsors, and committees
Sponsors
- Rep. Louise Slaughter
Cosponsors
No verified names recorded in this policy snapshot.
Committees
No verified names recorded in this policy snapshot.
Legislative support and votes
Vote history
No verified names recorded in this policy snapshot.
Verified organization support
No verified organization support recorded in this policy snapshot.
Verified opposition
No verified organization opposition recorded in this policy snapshot.
Historical timeline
Introduced in the House.
Became Public Law 110-233.
Official text and source links
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Last verified: 09-30-2026
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