https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB222
Text of the bill regarding this and informed consent is required
As to the issue of non identifiable there is no such thing, this is the premise of all of the DNA services is to match th individual to others. As the sample base grows the precision of matching “blind” samples grown narrower.
Last, what was the purpose of sampling all newborns in the first place, I do not trust them one second that the samples and the source are not connected
I call BS!
Actually, there is, although you have a very valid point when it comes to DNA. If the DNA is collected, sequenced, and banked, with no identifying information, the identity of the person from whom the DNA was taken will remain unknown - unless that person offers up another DNA sample later in life. If that sequence (the second one) also gets entered into a searchable database, you could match the two up and identify the source of the original DNA.
The problem is that DNA is so easy to obtain, amplify, and sequence, such that it would be very hard to avoid having your DNA information ‘harvested’ if someone wanted it. I'm not sure what the answer is. Theoretically, it would be possible to develop a person-specific biological weapon if you had their entire DNA sequence.