Prohibition On Certain Genetic Sequencers And Genetic Analysis Technologies

TITLE 39 HEALTH AND SAFETY CHAPTER 83 GENETIC TESTING PRIVACY ACT 39-8305. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN GENETIC SEQUENCERS AND GENETIC ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGIES. (1) No medical facility or research facility in the state of Idaho shall utilize genetic sequencers or operational or research software used for genetic analysis if the final product is produced in or by a foreign adversary, a state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, a company domiciled within a foreign adversary, or a company-owned or company-controlled subsidiary or affiliate of a company domiciled within a foreign adversary for the purpose of conducting genetic analysis. Nothing in this section shall apply to final products that have been merely assembled within a foreign adversary or which subcomponent parts or inputs have been sourced from foreign adversaries but that are not produced by foreign adversary companies. Nothing in this section shall apply to companies domiciled within a foreign adversary but who are owned by or whom a controlling financial interest is held by a United States business or a business owned by a United States alliance country. (2)  All genetic sequencers and operational and research software used for genetic sequencers or genetic analysis devices prohibited under subsection (1) of this section that is not permanently disabled shall be removed and replaced with genetic sequencers and operational and research software used for genetic sequencers or genetic analysis that is not prohibited under subsection (1) of this section. (3)  Subject to appropriation, a medical facility or research facility in the state of Idaho may request a reimbursement up to the cost of replacement of the equipment and software prohibited under subsection (1) of this section from the state controller, provided the request includes purchase orders and is submitted by October 1, 2024.