Genetic discoveries spur new US Bill
Publish date: 01 March 2005
Issue Number: 1286
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: Labour
The US Senate has approved legislation that will bar health insurers and employers from discriminating against people with a genetic predisposition to disease.
The Bill, reports the Los Angeles Times, prevents health insurers from excluding people from coverage or charging them higher rates because of a genetic risk or predisposition to a disease. Insurers could not require customers to take genetic tests. Employers would be barred from basing hiring or firing decisions on genetic information. Full report in the Los Angeles Times
