Frank C. Morris, Jr., a Member of the Firm in the Litigation and Employee Benefits practices, in the firm’s Washington, DC, office, was quoted in Bloomberg BNA Health Care Daily Report in “GOP's Worker Genetic Testing Bill Moves in House,” by Tyrone Richardson. (Read the full version – subscription required.)
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Similar comments were echoed by Frank Morris, a partner with Epstein Becker & Green in Washington who represents employers that have wellness programs. There's misinformation about the bill and its intentions, he said.
“Those who opposed and argued that this is a way for permitting discrimination are wrong,” Morris told Bloomberg BNA March 13. “There has not been any case that has ever been filed, and let alone proven, where information from a wellness program has ever been used in adverse employment action.”