I think the intent of clause 6 was to provide protection for health care workers, practitioners, physicians, pharmacists, and researchers during the use of DNA testing.
My amendment doesn't prevent any of that. What my amendment says is that you can't discriminate. You can still discriminate by withholding goods and services from individuals like that if it's required to address their medical need or to complete some research, but this is an act that prohibits discrimination. It doesn't authorize or prohibit the use of DNA testing; it prohibits discrimination. That's the only thing that I'm addressing with my amendment. It gives them the ability to discriminate under these circumstances, providing it's related to an actual treatment that a patient may be receiving.
It actually gives these professionals the ability to discriminate, which is something that this act is addressing. It's not addressing the use of DNA testing. That's a completely different issue. This is addressing the discrimination that could happen as a result of DNA testing. It gives physicians, pharmacists, health care practitioners, and researchers the ability to discriminate when necessary in the treatment of an individual's health or research.