- Mission [1]
- In FY 2011, the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS) completed its work on behalf of the
Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Its mandate related to the HHS mission of enhancing the health and well-being
of Americans and, more specifically, to HHS strategic goals of improving the safety, quality, affordability and accessibility
of health care and advancing scientific and biomedical research and development related to health.SACGHS explored, analyzed,
and deliberated on the broad range of policy needs associated with the scientific, clinical, public health, ethical, economic,
legal and social issues raised by the development, use, and potential misuse of genetic and genomic technologies and made
recommendations to the HHS Secretary and others upon request. The following topics were SACGHS priorities: the clinical utility
of genetic and genomic technologies; consumer-initiated genomic services; coverage and reimbursement of genetic tests and
services; genetics education and training; genetics and the future of the health care system; informed consent, privacy, and
discrimination related to genomic data sharing; and public health genomics. Health disparities were considered across all
of the other priority topics, and genetic discrimination, oversight of genetic testing, and gene patents and licensing were
of ongoing interest.
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