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Genetic Information : Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Administrative agencies.
- Discrimination against people with disabilities.
- Discrimination in employment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (20 pages) : digital, PDF file
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2002.
- System Details:
- System requirements: PDF reader software.
- text file
- Summary:
- Discusses legal issues relating to discrimination and privacy in the use of information about human genetics. Covers the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Executive Order No. 13145, which prohibits genetic discrimination against employees in Federal departments and agencies, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), EEOC interpretation of ADA regarding genetic discrimination, Supreme Court ADA decisions, privacy protections, State statutes, and legislation in the 106th and 107th Congresses.
- Notes:
- CRS Report.
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Genetic Information
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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