Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) will become effective on November 21, 2009. Signed into law on May 21, 2008, Title II of GINA prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of an individual’s genetic information, such as a person’s predisposition for cancer, sickle cell anemia, or diabetes.1
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