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All publications, except the privacy report, will be shipped in October. The genetics policy report on privacy will be shipped by January 2002.

Genetics Policy and Law: A Report for Policymakers
The evolving field of modern genetics intersects science, health policy, bioethics and the law. This report from a three-year study conducted jointly by NCSL, Georgetown University Law Center and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health reviews and analyzes the development of state genetics policy to provide policymakers with objective, thorough and scholarly information to help draft of sound genetics-related legislation.

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Genetics Policy Report: Employment Issues
Genetic technologies have spurred the development of a new body of nondiscrimination laws based on genetic information. This report by NCSL's Blue Ribbon Panel on Human Genetic Technologies provide policymakers with a comprehensive framework on public policy for human genetic technologies in the workplace.

Genetics Policy Report: Insurance Issues
Genetic technologies promise to significantly impact the maintenance, expansion and financing of the public and private systems of insurance. This report by NCSL's Blue Ribbon Panel on Human Genetic Technologies explores insurance policy for the genomic age and discusses various policy options available to lawmakers to govern the use of genetic information in insurance, with special emphasis on health, life, disability and long-term care insurance.

Genetics Policy Report: Privacy
The personal and predictive nature of genetic information presents concerns of its use, acquisition, retention, disclosure and ownership to the forefront of the genetics policy debate. This report by NCSL's Blue Ribbon Panel on Human Genetic Technologies provides policymakers with a comprehensive framework needed for sound public policy related to genetic privacy.

Genetics Policy Report: Reproductive Technologies
Scientific advances in reproductive technologies have brought the imagined world of science fiction into the real world of medical treatments and personal decisions but they also raise ethical concerns. This report by NCSL's Blue Ribbon Panel on Human Genetic Technologies provides information and analysis to assist policymakers confronted with public policy issues surrounding reproductive genetics.