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In introduced version of the bill, a Transportation Network Company (TNC) may not discriminate against passengers or potential passengers on the basis of a genetic predisposition. TNC drivers must…

This bill restricts the collection, storage, and sharing of student assessment data by the United States Department of Education and the New Hampshire department of education. Student assessment data…

Prohibits a health carrier offering group health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan from adjusting premium or contribution amounts for the group covered under such plan on the…

During the period in which residual newborn screening specimens is retained, the health department may use blood samples and test results for newborn screening program operations. Newborn screening…

Iowa residents are eligible and entitled to enroll as a member in and receive benefits for health care services covered by the healthy Iowa program. A participating health care provider or…

Health care service programs may not treat genetic information as a preexisting condition in the absence of a diagnosis. A health maintenance organization that offers group health insurance coverage…

Prohibits the collection of student or family information by any state agency, local school system or educational institution, including biometric data (defined to include DNA sequence and newborn…

This bill amends existing law on the protection of human subjects, which provides an exemption until January 1, 2011 for any medical experimental treatment that benefits a patient subject to a life-…

Paul Spicer is Principal Investigator of the Center for the Ethics of Indigenous Genomic Research (CEIGR). CEIGR examines how genomic information used in medical care may impact American Indian and…