HB0058 - Genetic testing to establish paternity-amendments.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0245 |
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;
2 amending
the time period genetic materials are maintained;
3
clarifying provisions; eliminating limitation on uses of
4
genetic material; and providing for an effective date.
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6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
7
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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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
6 destroyed
or returned to the individual from whom the
7 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.
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19 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
20 completion of all acts necessary for a bill
to become law
21 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the
Wyoming
22 Constitution.
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24 (END)
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