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Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones will announce on Wednesday that life insurers will be banned from using the results of predictive genetic testing in their underwriting assessments.
Genetic testing identifies changes in genes, chromosomes and proteins in the body and can help confirm or rule out a suspected medical condition.
Currently, insurers are exempt from discrimination law in relation to genetic testing and applicants for insurance are obliged to disclose if a genetic test has identified a predisposition for disease.
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