Bearder v. State

ANDERSON, PAUL H„ Justice

(concurring in part, dissenting in part).

I concur in part and dissent in part. I agree with the majority that test results generated by the Department of Health’s newborn screening program are “genetic information” subject to the requirements of Minn.Stat. § 13.386 (2010), the Genetic Privacy Act, except to the extent otherwise expressly authorized by law. I also agree with the majority’s conclusion that “the newborn screening statutes provide an express exception to the Genetic Privacy Act only to the extent that the Department is authorized to administer newborn…