The Verkhovna Rada has adopted a law on state registration of human genomic information.
The adoption of the relevant bill No. 4265 was generally supported by 256 people’s deputies at the plenary session on Saturday, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a member of the Holos faction, said on his Telegram channel.
The document provides for the regulation of both mandatory state and voluntary registration of human genomic information.
The law clearly defines the categories of persons subject to mandatory registration. We are talking about persons brought to criminal responsibility for committing intentional crimes against life, health, sexual freedom, sexual inviolability of a person, in respect of which a measure of restraint has been chosen; on persons who have committed crimes against life, health, sexual freedom, sexual inviolability of a person, to whom medical measures have been applied by a court decision.
The norms of the law also apply to persons convicted of committing intentional crimes against life, health, sexual freedom, sexual inviolability of the person; convicted and serving a sentence of imprisonment or having an unexpunged or outstanding conviction for committing grave or especially grave crimes, as well as all categories of crimes against sexual freedom and sexual inviolability.
In addition, unidentified corpses, missing persons, as well as close relatives of missing persons are subject to mandatory registration.
