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GINA, the ADA, and Genetic Discrimination in Employment

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) was signed into law on May 21, 2008, after a 13-year struggle in Congress. GINA prohibits genetic discrimination in employment and health insurance, thereby supplementing existing federal protections against genetic discrimination in employersponsored group health plans contained in the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and state laws prohibiting genetic discrimination in employment and individual health insurance.

Source: PubMed Central

DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.2008.00341.x

Author: Mark A. Rothstein

Institution: University of Louisville

Language: English

Topic: Medical and Health Sciences Research

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences