Research Consent and Authorization Helix Research Network( HRN)
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IRB APPROVED May 19, 2025
You may have additional health care expenses if you decide to seek care based on your results. Some of these medical steps may not be fully covered by insurance and may result in costs for you. Learning about inherited risks can also have an impact on risks to your biological relatives.
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act( GINA): GINA is a federal law that makes it illegal for health insurance companies, group health plans, and most employers to discriminate against you based on your genetic information. This law generally will protect you in the following ways:
● Health insurance companies and group health plans may not request your genetic information that we get from this research. However, they may request results that have been put into your medical record.
● Health insurance companies and group health plans may not use your genetic information when making decisions regarding your eligibility or premiums.
● Employers with 15 or more employees may not use your genetic information when making a decision to hire, promote, or fire you, or when setting the terms of your employment.
All health insurance companies, and group health plans must follow this law, but this law doesn’ t protect you against genetic discrimination by companies that sell life insurance, disability insurance, or long-term care insurance. Some states have added laws that further protect against discrimination from these companies. Neither Renown Health nor Helix will sell your genetic information to insurance companies.
Please note: Members of the US military, Veterans, Indian Health Services and Federal employees may not have the same protections under this law. More information about GINA can be found at www. ginahelp. org or you can ask a member of the research team to give you additional details about GINA.
Additional incidental results about you: There is a small chance that during the genetic testing( i. e sample analysis) portion of this study, researchers could discover something unexpected that might be very important to your health or medical care right now, or that may affect how your sample is being processed in the lab. If this happens, the Healthy Nevada Project study team may contact you to discuss the result and see if you want to learn more. Learning more or providing a new sample is always optional. The cost of any testing or follow up related to incidental results would not be covered by this research study. Any resulting costs will be billed to you or your insurance company.
In addition to the risks noted above, taking part in the Helix Research Network may have additional risks that we don’ t know about yet. We will tell you if we learn anything that might change your decision to take part.
What are the possible benefits for participating in this study? The main benefit of this study is to help researchers learn more about health and disease. The more we understand, the more we can improve the health of individuals and communities.
There are no direct benefits to you for participating in this study. There is a chance that researchers might find information that could be important to your health. Over time, it is possible that other results will be made available to you. Some of this information could also
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