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    My choice topic for the benefits legislation paper is Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 also referred to as GINA. This new federal law will protect society from being treated unfairly because of the differences in their DNA that may affect their health. Genetic discrimination is the misuse of genetic information. Genetic information as defined by GINA including the following: An person’s genetic tests or the genetic tests of the individual’s family members‚ and the manifestation

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    Genetics Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 Jacqueline Arnold HCA 322 Instructor: Ken Feifer Date: May 26‚ 2015 GINA of 2008 1 The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008‚ also referred to as GINA‚ is a new federal law that protects Americans from being treated unfairly because of differences in their DNA that may affect their health. The new law prevents discrimination from health insurers and employers. The President George W.Bush‚ signed the act into

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    Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) genetic testing at Veritas Diagnostics‚ Inc. (VDI) from the perspective of an Ethics Officer. There are a number of recommendations that I have for VDI that will serve to protect its standing as a reputable‚ quality‚ and ethical company with this roll-out of DTC genetic testing‚ all of which I will discuss independently starting with legal requirements surrounding this industry. There are some federal‚ international‚ and state laws that address DTC genetic testing that we must

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    Genetic Information Student Name HCA/322 October 13‚ 2014 Professor Name The goal of this essay is to determine whether the information presented within it could be considered a violation or a non-violation of the GINA of 2008. A case study has been determined to be a method to learn about a complex instance. This information is based on understanding the detailed instance and analyzing the context as a whole. I will be briefly discussing this case study. The GINA legislation

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    Knowing genetic information can be helpful to different individuals under different circumstances. However‚ there are still people in the society who will abuse their knowledge of the genetic information that they know. There are instances of life-insurance companies of abusing their customer’s genetic information by making the wrong judgement of the life coverage in the customer’s insurance. This incident occurs in the United States. In his insurance policy‚ he was not covered for cancer due to

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    Right to Information Act on October 12th‚ 2005. As per the Parliament of India‚ the purpose of the RTI Act is ‘to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens’[i]. The Act applies to all the states and union territories of India‚ except Jammu and Kashmir. The Act is applicable to all constitutional authorities – any institution or body constituted by an act of Parliament or state legislature – including the executive‚ judiciary and the legislature. This act empowered

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    Information Technology Acts Paper BIS/220 December 17‚ 2012 Information Technology Acts Paper The advances in information technology have resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of many important acts. Two in particular acts are Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Children’s Internet Protection Act (2000). Both of these acts were implemented to protect humans from harmful content and healthcare information. The Health Insurance Portability and

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    The advances in information technology resulted in new ethical issues that needed to addressed and necessitating the creation of The United States Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000 are to be addressed in this paper. The advancement in information technology such as the world wide web‚ search engines‚ YouTube‚ and virtual databases have made it easily accessible to obtain personal information‚ but also grant anyone access to age-inappropriate sites

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    Protection Act of 2000‚ and the Do Not Call Implementation Act of 2003‚ there were new ethical issues that made the creation of each of these acts necessary. Beginning with the Children’s Internet Protection Act that was effective in April 2000‚ the advances in information technology stem from the use of websites and other online services that became available during this time as a result of new ethical issues and the importance of this act’s creation. Second‚ The Do Not Call Implementation Act of 2003

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    undermines the Act. This has been used only twice: the first time to stop publication of minutes of cabinet meetings relating to the invasion of Iraq[9] and the second to stop publication of cabinet meetings relating to discussions regarding devolution.[10] Other criticism: Companies owned by one public authority are generally subject to the Act but companies owned by two or more public authorities are not covered[11]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-11"[12] [edit] Facts revealed by the act Facts that have

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