Legislation seeks to bar life insurance companies from purchasing recreational genetic testing data

State legislators look at preventing life insurance companies from buying information from direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies. State Rep. Jeff Spiegelman’s (R-Clayton) House Bill 286 would bar life insurance companies from purchasing genetic information from companies like 23andMe and AncestryDNA. Spiegelman says genetic tests often contain a disclaimer stating results…

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