Genetic testing for life and disability insurance.
Sent for signature: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Sent for signature
- Started in
- Assembly
- Sponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- Sep 8, 2026
What it does
Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including life and disability insurance. Existing law prohibits an insurer from requiring a test for the presence of a genetic characteristic for the purpose of determining insurability, except as specified. If an insurer requests an applicant to take a genetic characteristic test, existing law requires the insurer to obtain the applicant's written informed consent and to notify the applicant of the test result. Existing law prohibits a life or disability income insurer from requiring a genetic characteristic test if the results of the test would be used to determine eligibility for specified health care coverage. Existing law…
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