HB0058 - Genetic testing to establish paternity-amendments.
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2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0245.E1 ENGROSSED |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0058
Genetic testing to establish paternity-amendments.
Sponsored by: Joint Labor, Health and Social Services
Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
genetic testing to establish paternity;
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amending the time period genetic materials are maintained;
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clarifying provisions; eliminating limitation on uses of
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genetic material; and providing for an effective date.
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6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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8 Section
1. W.S. 14-2-109(j) through (m) is amended to
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read:
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11 14-2-109. Genetic tests; experts;
presumptions;
12 dismissal based on genetic tests; genetic
test material;
13 use of genetic information; penalty.
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15 (j) In all
cases where paternity testing is
16 undertaken, all genetic information,
including genetic
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1 material
and test results, shall be maintained only until 2
the final determination of paternity
is made as long as the
3 accreditation body specified in
subsection (b) of this
4 section requires such materials to be
maintained for
5 accreditation purposes.
Thereafter, all materials shall be
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destroyed or returned to the individual from whom the
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information was obtained.
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9 (k) No testing
shall be conducted on any identifiable
10 genetic material for purposes other
than paternity
11 determination without the written
consent of the individual
12 from whom the genetic material is
obtained.
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14 (m) All
information obtained from identifiable
15 genetic material submitted or used for
determination of
16 paternity shall be confidential and
used solely for the
17 purposes of determining paternity, unless individual
18 identifiers are removed from the data used for purposes
19 other than establishing paternity.
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1 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
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completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
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as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
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Constitution.
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6 (END)
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