The U.S. Department of Labor wants group health plans and health insurers to provide information about issues dealing with beneficiaries' genetic information.
Labor will use the data to draft a rule implementing a law that bars providers from discriminating in providing or charging for health coverage based on genetic information, officials say in a notice published today in the Federal Register.
Group health plans and health insurers that want to participate must provide the agency with the data by Dec. 9.
The Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Labor Department agency seeking the information, is asking group health plans and health insurers to tell it how much they use family medical histories and other genetic information and for what purposes.
