Assessing GINA’s Impact on Employers Two Years Later

Nov. 21, 2011, marked the two-year anniversary of the effective date of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), which imposes limitations and special requirements on an employer’s acquisition and use of the genetic information of its employees. ¹Title II of GINA–codified at 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff et seq.–addresses the acquisition and use of genetic information by employers and is the subject of this article. Title I of GINA addresses use of genetic information that is collected or received by group health plans and health insurers. This article assesses the impact that GINA has had on employers by ...