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2019 Code of Alabama
Title 27 - Insurance.
Chapter 53 - Genetic Testing for Cancer.
Section 27-53-2 - Genetic test.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 27-53-2 (2019)
Section 27-53-2Genetic test.
(a) A health benefit plan may not require as a condition of insurability that a person take a genetic test to determine if the person has a predisposition for cancer.
(b) A health benefit plan may not use the results of a genetic test which may show the predisposition of a person for cancer to determine insurability or to otherwise discriminate against the person in rates or benefits based on the genetic test results.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-721, p. 1492, §2.)
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