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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 526<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1489853,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373434,"identifier":"59.1-599","token":"59.1\/56\/59.1-599","url":"\/59.1-599\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-599\/","token":"59.1\/56\/59.1-599","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain disclosures of genetic data prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-599","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No direct-to-consumer<\/span> genetic testing company<\/span> shall disclose a consumer<\/span>’s genetic data<\/span> to any entity that is responsible for administering or making decisions regarding health insurance, life insurance, long-term care insurance, disability insurance, or employment or any entity that provides advice to such an entity without the consumer<\/span>’s express consent<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN DISCLOSURES OF GENETIC DATA PROHIBITED (\u00a7 59.1-599)\n\nNo direct-to-consumer genetic testing company shall disclose a consumer’s\ngenetic data to any entity that is responsible for administering or making\ndecisions regarding health insurance, life insurance, long-term care insurance,\ndisability insurance, or employment or any entity that provides advice to such\nan entity without the consumer’s express consent.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, c. 526.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}