Sentences with phrase «barring discrimination based on disability»
For instance, two previously unprotected classes were added in 1988, barring discrimination based on disability or familial status.
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Federal law bars genetic discrimination by health insurers and employers based on their DNA information — you can't be fired or have your rates increased — but the law doesn't cover life, disability or long - term - care insurance.
The Act bars housing discrimination on the basis of disability.
The incentive for person to submit plans is that the Commission's approval bars any complaint under Part III regarding discrimination based on disability.
While the courts have not yet recognized that rights of people with disabilities are fully protected under the 14th Amendment, the American Bar Association supports legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disabilities akin to existing prohibitions on discrimination based on race, sex, national origin and religion.
The federal laws barring discrimination on the basis of disability protect the confidentiality of certain medical information.
The two primary disability nondiscrimination laws are the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq., and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 701 et seq., although other laws barring discrimination on the basis of disability (such as the nondiscrimination provisions of the Workforce Investment Act of 1988, 29 U.S.C. 2938) may also apply.