Senate panel passes risk-pool funding, genetic information discrimination ban.(In Other News)(Brief Article)

Publication: Medicine & Health

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The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved legislation Feb. 8 prohibiting some disclosures and uses of individuals' genetic information and prohibiting use of such information to discriminate in health insurance or employment. The bill--S. 306--establishes a single federal standard for disclosure to replace varying state laws on...

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