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HEARING


H.R. 493, the"Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act oF 2007"

Subcommittee on Health
Thursday, March 8, 2007
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
1:00 p.m.


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Witness List & Prepared Testimony (pdf files)
Panel I
The Honorable Francis S. Collins,
M.D., Ph.D., Director

National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
31 Center Drive
Building 331, Room 4B09
Bethesda, Maryland 20892

The Honorable Susan McAndrew, J.D.
Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy
Office for Civil Rights
Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington D.C. 20201

 

Panel II
Ms. Sharon F. Terry, M.A., L.H.D.
Chair, Coalition for Genetic Fairness
and
President and CEO
Genetic Alliance
4301 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Suite 404
Washington, DC 20008

Mr. Burton J. Fishman, J.D., Esq.
Fortney & Scott, LLC
1750 K Street, N.W. Suite 325
Washington, DC 20006
On Behalf of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Employment Coalition (GINE)


Mr. Frank Swain, J.D.
Senior Vice President
B&D Consulting
and
Former Chief Counsel
Advocacy at the United States Small Business Administration
805 15th Street, N.W. Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20005
Kathy Hudson, Ph.D.
Director
Genetics and Public Policy Center
and Associate Professor
Berman Institute of Bioethics
Institute of Genetic Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University
1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
# 530
Washington, D.C. 20036
William Corwin, M.D.
Medical Director
Clinical Policy
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
93 Worcester Street
Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481
On Behalf of the America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)

Ms. Karen Pollitz, M.P.P.
Research Professor
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
Box 571444
Washington, DC 20057

 

Ms. Janet Trautwein
Executive Vice President and CEO
National Association of Health Underwriters
2000 N. 14th Street, Suite 450
Arlington, Virginia 22201



Hearing Transcript
  • Serial No. 110-15 -- The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, March 8, 2007
    TEXT (157K) | PDF (185K)

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