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Chip implants can’t be required in Missouri
By JASON NOBLE
The Star’s Jefferson City correspondent
JEFFERSON CITY | Gov. Matt Blunt signed a bill Thursday prohibiting companies in Missouri from forcing workers to have microchips implanted in their bodies.You read that right. In Missouri, it’s now illegal for businesses to require employees to have a microchip embedded under their skin.
“When you’re forced to have a chip put in you as a condition of employment, that’s taking away your civil liberties and your freedom,” said Rep. Jim Guest, a King City Republican.
Guest added the microchip language to a bill concerning overtime and disability benefits. Next year, he said, he will introduce a bill to prohibit all microchip implants in humans.
Implanted chips are commonly used to identify pets and track wild animals, but they have also been approved for use in humans.
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Guest, however, said it’s crucial to ban the technology before it gains any traction.“We want a law on the books so we can stop a major problem before it starts,” he said.
The technology could be used to access security areas or perform financial transactions, among other applications. Florida-based Verichip Corp. offers implanted chips that doctors can use to access health records.
-Kansas City Star