The Senate-passed bill (H.R. 493, amended with technical corrections) bars employers from using genetic information in decisions on hiring, firing, job placement, or promotion. It also prohibits group health plans and other health insurers in the group and individual market from using genetic information to deny coverage or set premium rates and from requiring individuals to undergo genetic testing. The House has already passed a similar bill twice in the last two years with broad bipartisan support: first in early 2007 as a stand-alone measure, then in March this year as part of a broader mental health parity bill (H.R. 1424). The White House has given assurances that Mr. Bush will sign the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA), congressional supporters say. Advocates hail the legislation as a landmark advance for personalized medicine by establishing federal safeguards to assuage fears by individuals that the results of potentially beneficial genetic testing could be used against them.