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92_SB1101
LRB9208159RCcd
1 AN ACT in relation to privacy.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Genetic Information Privacy Act is
5 amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
6 (410 ILCS 513/5)
7 Sec. 5. Legislative findings; intent. The General
8 Assembly finds that:
9 (1) The use of genetic testing can be valuable to
10 an individual.
11 (2) Despite existing laws, regulations, and
12 professional standards that which require or promote
13 voluntary and confidential use of genetic testing
14 information, many members of the public are deterred from
15 seeking genetic testing because of fear that test results
16 will be disclosed without consent or be used in a
17 discriminatory manner.
18 (3) The public health will be served by
19 facilitating voluntary and confidential nondiscriminatory
20 use of genetic testing information.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-25, eff. 1-1-98.)