Baylor Genetics offers no-cost familial variant testing for up to two first-degree relatives when a pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant is found on Whole Exome Sequencing, Whole Genome Sequencing, or Next-Generation Sequencing Panels (excluding carrier screening and PreSeek™). Please see requirements below for details.
No-cost testing of a familial variant is offered within 180 days of the pathogenic / likely pathogenic variant(s) being reported in the proband. Reports will be issued to the ordering healthcare provider for the tested relatives.
Qualification Criteria:
- The original patient has received testing at Baylor Genetics.
- The family member is a first-degree relative of the proband.
- The no-cost testing order and specimen are received within 180 days of the pathogenic / likely pathogenic variant(s) being reported in the proband.
- Variants that qualify for no-cost testing must be single nucleotide variants (SNVs) or insertion and deletions (indels) within the nuclear genome.
- The affected / unaffected status must be identified on the test requisition form for the first-degree relatives undergoing the no-cost testing.
- Variants found in patients participating in existing sponsored testing programs may not qualify for no-cost testing.
Orders for no-cost familial variant testing must be placed under test code 1593 (Known Familial Variant).
Healthcare providers can discuss qualification criteria prior to sending samples for testing by calling 1-800-411-4363 or emailing [email protected].
DISCLAIMER
The criteria above represents the minimum requirements as other restrictions could apply. Copy number variants, mitochondrial variants, short tandem repeats, and other variant types do not qualify for no-cost testing under this policy. Prenatal familial variant testing does not qualify for no-cost testing under this policy. Baylor Genetics may change this policy in its discretion, without notice.