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HIPAA to be expanded to include protection of genetic information – proposed HHS rule

October 2, 2009 by Naomi Redding

There’s a proposed rule that impacts HIPAA and GINA – no, that’s the name of a specific patient but rather the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (shortened to GINA). The proposed rule was issued on October 1, 2009 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and … [Read more…]

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