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Policy

Genetic Alliance has been involved in supporting policies that enable individuals, families, and communities to access services, and find support.
This is a sampling of efforts we have led. New efforts are on hold due to policy changes in the US Government.

September 19, 2019

Database shares that transform research subjects into partners


January 4, 2017

The study is open: Participants are now recruiting investigators


April 3, 2012

From patients to partners: participant-centric initiatives in biomedical research


December 19, 2011

Engaging research participants and building trust


September 18, 2001

Researching the biology of PXE: partnering in the process


Genetic Alliance leads the charge to free data. From our early work in the Free the Data campaign, to our implementation of data sharing in collaboration with our platform partner Luna, we have changed the landscape for good.
June 20, 2021 Data Sharing Goals for Nonprofit Funders of Clinical Trials

March 20, 2020 Time for NIH to lead on data sharing

September 19, 2019 Database shares that transform research subjects into partners

April 19, 2019 Genetic Alliance and Luna announce partnership

to enable advocacy organizations to recognize individuals control their own health data and use it as they wish to further research.


February 21, 2017 Data sharing as the new norm: what about the people part?

April 20, 2016 The Day the President of the United States Said "That Data is Mine"

March 7, 2018 Including all voices in international data-sharing governance

November 20, 2013 Genetic Alliance Response to the NIH Draft Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) Policy

November 20, 2013 Sign-on letter to the Response to the NIH Draft Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) Policy

August 17, 2013 Free the data: the end of genetic data as trade secrets

January 20, 2013 Sharing clinical research data: perspectives on an IOM workshop

February 9, 2011 Power to the people: participant ownership of clinical trial data

November 30, 2006 Comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in response to their request for information on data-sharing policy in relation to genome-wide association studies (GWAS)

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OHRP Comments Sign On Letter


January 2, 2015

Joint responce to NPRM amendments to the Common Rule


November 18, 2014

Request for Comment Period Extension on OHRP Draft Guidance


October 29, 2014

Public Comments in Response to OHRP Guidance


October 26, 2011

Genetic Alliance Responds to ANPRM Regarding the Common Rule

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January 27, 2020

Joint letter to President Trump in support for a strong national Open Access policy


November 15, 2011

Genetic Alliance supports patient access to laboratory test results


July 29, 2010

Written Public Testimony to House of Representatives on Public Access to Federally-Funded Research


June 24, 2009

Written Public Testimony for FDA Transparency Task Force Meeting


March 20, 2008

Comments to the National Institutes of Health on Open Access Policy


October 17, 2007

Letter to Senate on National Institutes of Health public access policy


June 19, 2007

Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee members on National Institutes of Health (NIH) public access policy


February 16, 2023

Letter and Impact Statements to the Amazon Board of Directors in response to closing of the AmazonSmile program


July 16, 2021

Joint Comments on Cures 2.0 Act


July 16, 2021

Genetic Alliance Comments on Cures 2.0 Act


June 3, 2019

Joint Comments on 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program


April 27, 2016

Senate Inovations Sign-On Letter


October 4, 2013

Reopen the Government


June 28, 2012

Genetic Alliance Applauds Supreme Court Decision on Affordable Care Act


August 1, 2011

Genetic Alliance Argues New Proposed Rule is on HIPAA is Misguided


July 27, 2009

Genetic Alliance Statement on Current Shortages of Enzyme Replacement Therapy


June 1, 2007

Comments to the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society on pharmacogenomics


September 13, 2010

Genetic Alliance response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act


July 14, 2010

Comments to HHS HITECH Privacy and Security Modifications


March 14, 2008

Remarks to Capitol Hill Staff at the Health IT Now! Coalition Briefing


December 24, 2020

Genetic and Disability Discrimination During COVID-19


January 28, 2016

Comments on Proposed Rule, Amendments to regulations under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, RIN 3046-AB02


October 12, 2012

“Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act”, in Genetics and Genomics for Nursing, editors: Carole A Kenner and Judith A. Lewis, published by Prentice Hall.


June 15, 2010

Sharon Terry Provides Testimony on the Topic of Genetic Information to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)


December 13, 2009

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Insurance Protections Issued


February 17, 2005

Comments on passage of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (S.306) in the Senate


January 7, 2022

Sign-On Letter to Senate for Introducing the S.2022, the “Ending the Diagnostic Odyssey Act.”


August 4, 2021

Sign-On Letter to Senate for Introducing the S.2022, the “Ending the Diagnostic Odyssey Act.”


April 19, 2021

Genetic Testing in the Age of COVID-19 and Beyond


October 15, 2020

Beyond Cultural Competency Training and Diversity and Insclusion Statements: The Quality of Genetic Testing for Asian Americans


June 16, 2020

Sign-On Letter to Senate for Introducing the S.3116, the “Ending the Diagnostic Odyssey Act.”


June 15, 2020

Sign-On Letter to Include the H.R. 4144 - Ending the Diagnostic Odyssey Act in the Cures 2.0 legislation


October 1, 2019

Sign-On Letter in Support of H.R.4144, the “Ending the Diagnostic Odyssey Act of 2019.”


September 21, 2019

Letter to Congress in Support of H.R.4144, the “Ending the Diagnostic Odyssey Act.”


January 11, 2019

A Role for Storytelling in Improving Consumer Understanding of Genetic Testing


July 22, 2018

The Price of Precision: Genetic Testing and Drug Costs in America


July 1, 2017

An Evidence Framework for Genetic Testing


November 20, 2016

Expanded Carrier Screening and Its Implication on Genetic Testing Protocols


January 5, 2015

Comments to Committee on Energy and Commerce on 21st Century Cures Modernized Framework for Innovative Diagnostic Tests


February 2, 2015

Genetic Alliance Response to FDA LDT Guidance


August 18, 2014

Genetic testing and native peoples: the call for community-based participatory research


June 18, 2014

Sign On Letter for Restoration of Coverage of Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) for Military Service Members and Their Families


September 27, 2013

The Need to Build Trust: A Perspective on Disparities in Genetic Testing


March 1, 2012

Beast of Burden? Comments on the NIH Genetic Testing Registry


October 11, 2011

Coalition for 21st Century Medicine Responds to the Food and Drug Administration’s Request for Comments regarding “Draft Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff on In Vitro Companion Diagnostic Devices”


August 14, 2010

Not Your Grandfather's Genetic Testing Oversight


July 28, 2010

FDA Public Hearing - Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests


February 2, 2010

Oversight of Advanced Diagnostic Tests and Proposed IVDMIA Guidance


April 17, 2009

Registry of Genetic Tests: A Critical Stepping Stone to Improving the Genetic Testing System


February 11, 2008

Comments on behalf of the Board of the Genetic Alliance Secretaryʼs Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society


July 26, 2007

Comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the Draft Guidance for Industry, Clinical Laboratories, and FDA Staff on In Vitro Diagnostic Multivariate Index Assays (IVDMIAs)


February 22, 2007

Comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to their Draft Guidance on in vitro diagnostic multivariate index assays (IVDMIAs)


February 22, 2007

Comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to their Draft Guidance on analyte specific reagents (ASRs)


October 11, 2006

Letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a genetics specialty under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)


September 26, 2006

Press conference statement on the citizenʼs petition to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a genetics specialty under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)


September 26, 2006

Citizen's Petition to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a genetics specialty under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)


June 6, 2006

Letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a genetics specialty under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)


February 28, 2006

Letter to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan regarding genetic testing quality


November 2, 2005

Comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) On Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Genetic Tests


May 6, 2005

Comments to the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society


March 1, 2004

Comments to the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society


July 1, 2020

Comments to Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children on Considerations and Recommendations for National Guidance Regarding the Retention and Use of Residual Dried Blood Spot Specimens after Newborn Screening


May 22, 2013

Genetic Alliance Applauds Establishment of the Discretionary Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (DACHDNC)


February 14, 2011

Genetic Alliances Opposes Cuts to Maternal and Child Health


July 29, 2010

Public Comment to HIT Policy Committee: Meaningful Use Workgroup on Newborn Screening Inclusion


July 1, 2010

Genetic Alliance Submits Recommendations Regarding the Retention and Use of Residual Dried Blood Spot Specimens after Newborn Screening


May 5, 2005

Comments to Secretaryʼs Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children


September 23, 2004

Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children


September 17, 2021

Learning from the Past: Discussing Lessons from Reproductive Justice in the Gene-Editing Sphere


October 3, 2020

Reactions to the National Academies/Royal Society Report on Heritable Human Genome Editing


March 13, 2019

Adopt a moratorium on heritable genome editing


February 1, 2011

Genetic Alliance sends Congress Letter in Support of the National Center for Advancing Translational Science


March 18, 2009

Genetic Alliance Position Statement on Earmarking


March 18, 2009

Sharon Terry Testifies at House Appropriations Committee Hearing


May 21, 2007

Letter to the Chairs of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor­HHS


November 17, 2006

Comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in response to their request for information on the Roadmap initiative


February 24, 2010

Written Public Testimony to House Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation


September 18, 2009

Joint Letter on Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Reauthorization


October 19, 2007

Joint Letter on Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Reauthorization