(a) A health insurance provider may not request or require an individual to whom the provider provides health insurance coverage, or an individual who desires the provider to provide health insurance coverage, to disclose to the provider genetic information about the individual or family member of the individual.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-7-2704

  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b)A health insurance provider may not disclose genetic information about an individual without the prior written authorization of the individual or legal representative of the individual. The authorization is required for each disclosure and shall include an identification of the person to whom the disclosure would be made.
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