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SACGHS Documents, Reports and Correspondence
   Clinical Utility and Comparative Effectiveness of Genetic/Genomic Tests  
   Committee Priorities  
   Coverage and Reimbursement  
   Direct-to-Consumer Marketing  
   Family History Initiative  
   Gene Patents and Licensing Practices and Patient Access to Genetic Tests  
   Genetic Discrimination  
 
   Genetics Education and Training  
   Health Information Infrastructure  
   Large Population Studies  
   Meaningful Use  
   Oversight of Genetic Technologies  
   Pharmacogenomics  
   Public Health  

 

Clinical Utility and Comparative Effectiveness of Genetic/Genomic Tests  
   SACGHS Letter to the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities   (March 26, 2009)  

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Committee Priorities  
  2010  
   SACGHS Letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services
(November 9, 2010)
 
  2009  
   The Integration of Genetic Technologies Into Health Care and Public Health: A Progress Report and Future Directions of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society
(January 2009)
 
  2004-2008  
   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)
 

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Coverage and Reimbursement of Genetic Tests and Services  
   Secretary Sebelius's Response to SACGHS
(November 12, 2009)
 
   SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(September 2, 2009)
 
   Secretary Leavitt's Response to SACGHS
(May 31, 2006)
 
   Coverage and Reimbursement of Genetic Tests and Services
(February 2006)
 
   PowerPoint Slides  (February 2006)  
   Public Comments on Draft Report  (June, 2005)  

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Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Genetic Tests  
   Secretary Sebelius's Response to SACGHS
(July 12,2010)
 
   Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing:Report of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society
(April, 2010)
 
   Direct to Consumer Marketing Consumer Alert by the Federal Trade Commission  (July, 2006)  
   Secretary Leavitt's Response to SACGHS
(June 16, 2006)
 
   SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(February 8, 2006)
 
   Secretary Leavitt's Response to SACGHS
(March 3, 2005)
 
   SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(December 8, 2004)
 

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Surgeon General's Family History Initiative  
   SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(June 7, 2005)
 

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Gene Patents and Licensing Practices and Patient Access to Genetic Tests  
   Secretary Sebelius's Response to SACGHS
(July 2,2010)
 
   Gene Patents and Licensing Practices and Their Impact on Patient Access to Genetic Tests: Report of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society
(April 2010)
 

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Genetic Discrimination  
   Secretary Leavitt's Response to SACGHS
(November 8, 2005)
 
   SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(May 3, 2005)
 
   Compilation of Public Comments  (15MB)
(September - November 2004)
 
   Legal Analysis of the Adequacy of Current Law   
   Perspectives on Genetic Discrimination Video DVD   
   Secretary Thompson's Response to SACGHS
(August 12, 2004)
 
   SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(March 29, 2004)
 
   Secretary Thompson's Response to SACGHS
(October 10, 2003)
 
   SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(June 27, 2003)
 

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Genetics Education and Training  
   Secretary Sebelius's Response to SACGHS
(April 7, 2011)
 
   Genetics Education and Training: Report of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society
(February 2011).
 
   Resolution of the Secretary's Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society on Genetics Education and Training of Health Professionals   

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Health Information Infrastructure  
   Secretary Sebelius's Response to SACGHS
(November 12, 2009)
 
   SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(September 2, 2009)
 
   SACGHS Comments to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee on the Definition of Meaningful Use of an Electronic Health Record
(June 26, 2009)
 
   Secretary Leavitt's Response to SACGHS
(May 12, 2006)
 
   SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(February 8, 2006)
 

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Large Population Studies  
   Policy Issues Associated with Undertaking A New Large U.S. Population Cohort Study of Genes, Environment, and Disease
(March 2007)
 

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Meaningful Use  
   Comments of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society on the CMS and ONC Rules to Implement Electronic Health Records March 15, 2010
(March 2010)
 

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Oversight of Genetic Technologies  
   SACGHS letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(August 18, 2008)
 
   U.S. System of Oversight of Genetic Testing: A Response to the Charge of the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(April 2008)
 
   Secretary Leavitt's response to SACGHS
(Aug 27, 2007)
 
   SACGHS Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(April 27, 2007)
 

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Pharmacogenomics  
   SACGHS letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(August 18, 2008)
 
   Realizing the Potential of Pharmacogenomics: Opportunities and Challenges
(May 2008)
 
   Public Comments on Draft Report   

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Public Health  
   SACGHS Letter supporting Healthy People Initiative and SACGHS Proposals for Healthy People 2020
(December 30, 2009)
 

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