December 3, 2009

The Genetics and Public Policy Center has drafted two sets of model comments, “Comments on DOL HHS Treasury Interim Final Rule” and “Comments on HHS OCR Proposed Rule.”

February 25, 2009
Susannah Baruch testified at a meeting of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on proposed employment provisions of GINA.

December 9, 2008
In a webinar hosted by Genetic Alliance, Susannah Baruch of the Genetics and Public Policy Center, Karen Pollitz of the Georgetown Health Policy Institute, and Jeremy Gruber of the National Workrights Institute answered questions about GINA’s implementation, the recent Request for Information on GINA from the Departments of Labor, HHS, and Treasury, and recently-published model comments.
 
An edited transcript of the questions and answers is available here.

October 15, 2008
Baruch, S., and K. Hudson. 2008. Civilian and Military Genetics: Nondiscrimination Policy in a Post-GINA World. The American Journal of Human Genetics 83: 435-444.

June 19, 2008
Hudson, K.L, M.K. Holohan, and F.S. Collins. 2008. Keeping Pace with the Times - The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. New England Journal of Medicine 358: 2661-2663.

May 21, 2007
Baruch, S. 2007. Outlawing genetic discrimination. Bionews, May 21.

May 17, 2007
Hudson, K. 2007. Prohibiting genetic discrimination. New England Journal of Medicine 356(20): 2021-2023.

March 8, 2007
Center Director Kathy Hudson testifies at the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health hearing on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.
Kathy Hudson testimony (93 KB)

July 22, 2004
Center Director Kathy Hudson testifies before the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Genetic Non-Discrimination: Examining the Implications for Workers and Employers (4.97 MB)