New Jersey passes genetic privacy bill

California's assembly passes physician assisted dying bill.

California looks set to permit physician assisted dying next year after its state assembly passed the End of Life Option Act by 43 votes to 34 on 9 September. The legislation is closely modeled on the Oregon law that has permitted terminally ill patients to end their life in that state since 1997. Only patients who file two written requests and have less than six months to live can avail themse...

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National Health Information Privacy Bill Generates Heat at SCAMC

With the introduction of the Bennett bill in the U.S. Senate (S.1360-the Medical Records Confidentiality Act of 1995), a great deal of attention is being focused on the issue of health information privacy. This bill is the result of the work of a bipartisan group of people from publicand private-sector organizations who have been working together over the past two years (and longer for some) to...

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