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Bush Signs Genetic Nondiscrimination Act.(Brief article)
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Health Data Management
| Date:
July 1, 2008
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President Bush has signed into law the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. The House and Senate in recent weeks approved the legislation. Advocates working under the Coalition for Genetic Fairness spent 13 years trying to get the bill through Congress.
The act prohibits discriminatory actions based on an individuals genetic data by employers and insurers. It also requires genetic information possessed by employers to be confidentially maintained and to be ...
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