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Jan 08, 2009

In Illinois, state lawmakers outlawed employers from discriminating against employees based on genetic test results, causing Hsien-Hsien Lei to wonder why US states would pass their own law now that the federal Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act has been approved. An NHGRI fact sheet she links to says the federal law is a minimum level of protection; Lei also points to a National Conference of State Legislatures table that lists which states have what protections.

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