A Review of GINA – 2008
[By Carol Miller RN MBA]
This Act prohibits the use of genetic information to make health insurance coverage determinations and in employment-related decisions.
GINA supports a patient’s privacy. Forty states have enacted legislation related to genetic discrimination in health insurance and thirty-one states have adopted laws regarding genetic discrimination in the workplace according to the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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