Would you take a genetic test if your boss asked you to? What if they said you’d have to pay if you didn’t?

A new bill, HR 1313, would allow companies to penalize their employees if they refuse genetic testing, as part of a workplace wellness program. The bill, sponsored by North Carolina Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx, is currently under review with the House Ways and Means Committee.

The bill, dubbed the “Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act,” essentially revokes employees’ right to privacy for their personal health and genetic information — which is currently protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Congress passed GINA in 2008 specifically to protect employees from discrimination based on potential health risks they carry in their genes.

“What this bill would do is completely take away the protections of existing laws,” Jennifer Mathis, director of policy and legal advocacy at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, told STAT News.

HR 1313 was introduced early this month and on March 8 was approved by the Republican-leaning House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The 22 Republicans voted to approve, and all 17 Democrats on the committee opposed. The committee released a statement saying that the bill would give employers “the legal certainty they need to offer employee wellness plans, helping to promote a healthy workforce and lower health care costs.”

The bill is currently being reviewed by other House committees.

Under the Affordable Care Act, employers can offer up to a 30 percent discount (50 percent in some instances) on health insurance premiums for employees who volunteer to participate in workplace wellness programs. It was one of the few provisions in ObamaCare with bipartisan support.

These wellness programs are designed to hypothetically help an employee hit a certain health target, which can range from lowering their cholesterol to quitting smoking. They’re considered voluntary, but employees who don’t participate don’t get the discount.

This new bill, however, would let companies charge an employee up to 30 percent of their total health insurance cost if they choose to opt out of genetic testing.

“It’s a terrible Hobson’s choice between affordable health insurance and protecting one’s genetic privacy,” Derek Scholes, director of science policy at the American Society of Human Genetics, told the Washington Post. ASHG, along with nearly 70 other health and medical advocacy groups, including ARRP and the March of Dimes, sent a letter to the committee expressing concerns over the proposed legislation.

On Sunday, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and said he hadn’t yet looked at the bill, but that it “sounds like there would be some significant concerns about it.”