HOUSE BILL No. 5460
January 14, 1998, Introduced by Rep. Hammerstrom and referred to the Committee on Insurance. A bill to amend 1980 PA 350, entitled "The nonprofit health care corporation reform act," (MCL 550.1101 to 550.1704) by adding section 418. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 SEC. 418. A HEALTH CARE CORPORATION SHALL NOT EXCLUDE ANY 2 INDIVIDUAL AND SHALL NOT ESTABLISH ANY RATES OR TERMS ON A GROUP 3 OR NONGROUP CERTIFICATE 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. 04419'97 DKH