Reports and Correspondence

Topics                           
                     

Coverage and Reimbursement of Genetic Tests and Services

Direct-to-Consumer Marketing

Gene Patents and Licensing Practices and Patient Access to Genetic Tests

Genetic Discrimination

Genetics Education and Training of Health Professionals

Health Information Infrastructure

Large Population Study

Oversight of Genetic Testing

Pharmacogenomics

Surgeon General's Family History Initiative

• A Roadmap for the Integration of Genetics and Genomics in Society:  Report on the Study Priorities of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society. (June 2004)

• Coverage and Reimbursement of Genetic Tests and Services (February 2006)

• Public Comments on Draft Report

• PowerPoint slides

• SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (February 13, 2008)

• SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (December 8, 2004)  

• Secretary Leavitt's Response to SACGHS (March 3, 2005)

• SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (February 8, 2006)  

• Secretary Leavitt's Response to SACGHS (June 16, 2006)

• Direct to Consumer Marketing Consumer Alert by the Federal Trade Commission

In the fall of 2006, SACGHS initiated a study to assess the positive and negative effects of gene patenting and licensing practices on patient and clinical access to genetic tests and on the public’s health and quality of life.  A draft report is in preparation and is anticipated to be released for public comment in early 2009.

• SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (June 27, 2003)

• Secretary Thompson's Response to SACGHS (October 10, 2003)

• SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (March 29, 2004)

• Secretary Thompson's Response to SACGHS (August 12, 2004)

• Secretary Leavitt's Response to SACGHS (November 8, 2005)  

• Secretary Leavitts response to SACGHS (May 31, 2006))

• Resolution of the Secretary's Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society on Genetics Education and Training of Health Professionals  

• SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (February 8, 2006) 

• Secretary Leavitt’s Response to SACGHS (May 12, 2006)

• Policy Issues Associated with Undertaking A New Large U.S. Population Cohort Study of Genes, Environment, and Disease

• Secretary Leavitt’s response to March 14th memo on final report of SACGHS: Policy Issues Associated with Undertaking a New Large U.S. Population Cohort Study of Genes, Environment, and Disease

• SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (April 27, 2007)  

• Secretary Leavitt’s response to SACGHS (Aug 27, 2007)

• U.S. System of Oversight of Genetic Testing: A Response to the Charge of the Secretary of Health and Human Services

• Realizing the Potential of Pharmacogenomics: Opportunities and Challenges

• Public Comments on Draft Report

• SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (June 7, 2005)