House Republicans would let employers demand workers' genetic test results

["dfarber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
Subject: [ NNSquad ] House Republicans would let employers demand workers' genetic test results
Date: March 10, 2017 at 11:30:56 AM EST
To: nnsquad () nnsquad org


House Republicans would let employers demand workers' genetic test results

https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/10/workplace-wellness-genetic-testing/

        Giving employers such power is now prohibited by legislation
        including the 2008 genetic privacy and nondiscrimination law
        known as GINA. The new bill gets around that landmark law by
        stating explicitly that GINA and other protections do not
        apply when genetic tests are part of a "workplace wellness"
        program.  The bill, HR 1313, was approved by a House committee
        on Wednesday, with all 22 Republicans supporting it and all 17
        Democrats opposed. It has been overshadowed by the debate over
        the House GOP proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable
        Care Act, but the genetic testing bill is expected to be
        folded into a second ACA-related measure containing a grab-bag
        of provisions that do not affect federal spending, as the main
        bill does.

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We need genetic testing of these GOP politicians and their supporters, to
help us separate those animals from human beings.

--Lauren--
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