Reports and Correspondence

Topics                           
                     

Coverage and Reimbursement of Genetic Tests and Services

Direct-to-Consumer Marketing

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

• Secretary Leavitt’s response to SACGHS (May 31, 2006)

• 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)

• 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

• 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)  

• 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

• Draft Report

• Final Report will be available about May 12, 2008.

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