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Senate passes resolution urging state agencies to protect privacy of people with autism in response to federal database plans
Summary
SR15, a Senate resolution affirming protection of civil rights and medical confidentiality for people diagnosed with autism and urging voluntary participation in federal research databases, passed the Vermont Senate and will be sent to federal and state officials.
The Vermont Senate passed S.R.15, a resolution urging state agencies to protect civil rights, medical confidentiality and all aspects of personal privacy for people diagnosed with autism in light of recent federal announcements about an autism research database.
Senator Bochovsky (identified on the floor as the bill’s sponsor) told the Health and Welfare Committee and the Senate that members of the autism community contacted him with fears their private health…
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