Senate Bill S7602A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts the "donor conceived person protection act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S7602 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9655
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4360, add §4370, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S2122, A2735

2021-S7602 - Summary

Enacts the "donor-conceived person protection act" to ensure that reproductive tissue banks, licensed by the department of health, collect and verify medical information from any donor it procures reproductive tissue from and to disseminate such information to a recipient before a recipient purchases or otherwise receives such tissue, and to donor-conceived persons, if any, when such persons turn eighteen years of age or earlier upon consent of the recipient parent or guardian; defines terms; makes related provisions.

2021-S7602 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7602 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7602
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  establishing  the
   "donor-conceived person protection act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "donor-
 conceived person protection act".
   §  2.  Legislative  findings and intent.  The legislature acknowledges
 the importance  of  parents  and  donor-conceived  persons  knowing  the
 medical,  educational and criminal felony conviction history of individ-
 uals who have donated reproductive tissue to a reproductive tissue  bank
 for  purposes  of  an  artificial  insemination or assisted reproductive
 technology procedure and disseminating this  history  information  to  a
 recipient and donor-conceived person upon request, if any.
   The  legislature further acknowledges knowing the medical, educational
 and criminal felony conviction history of a donor will  provide  recipi-
 ents with the necessary information to make informed decisions regarding
 the process of artificial insemination or assisted reproductive technol-
 ogy  procedure  and  for  donor-conceived  persons  to  obtain essential
 medical information, which may  reveal  any  genetic  or  mental  health
 disorders.
   The  legislature finds that reproductive tissue banks, including semen
 banks, oocyte donation programs and embryo banks have a duty to  collect
 and  verify  medical, educational and criminal felony conviction history
 information provided by donors on donor  self-reported  medical,  educa-
 tional  and  criminal  felony  conviction histories and during the donor
 screening processes and to keep detailed records  of  such  for  use  by
 recipients and donor-conceived persons, if any, prior to a procedure and
 in the future.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13971-03-1
 S. 7602                             2
              

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2021-S7602A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9655
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4360, add §4370, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S2122, A2735

2021-S7602A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "donor-conceived person protection act" to ensure that reproductive tissue banks, licensed by the department of health, collect and verify medical information from any donor it procures reproductive tissue from and to disseminate such information to a recipient before a recipient purchases or otherwise receives such tissue, and to donor-conceived persons, if any, when such persons turn eighteen years of age or earlier upon consent of the recipient parent or guardian; defines terms; makes related provisions.

2021-S7602A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7602A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7602--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. GALLIVAN, BORRELLO, RATH -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --
   recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate  Rule
   6,  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  establishing  the
   "donor-conceived person protection act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "donor-con-
 ceived person protection act".
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent.   The  legislature  acknowledges
 the  importance  of  parents  and  donor-conceived  persons  knowing the
 medical history of individuals who have donated reproductive tissue to a
 reproductive tissue bank for purposes of an artificial  insemination  or
 assisted reproductive technology procedure and disseminating this histo-
 ry  information  to a recipient and donor-conceived person upon request,
 if any.
   The legislature further acknowledges knowing the medical history of  a
 donor  will  provide  recipients  with the necessary information to make
 informed decisions regarding the process of artificial  insemination  or
 assisted  reproductive  technology  procedure  and  for  donor-conceived
 persons to obtain essential medical information, which  may  reveal  any
 genetic or mental health disorders.
   The  legislature finds that reproductive tissue banks, including semen
 banks, oocyte donation programs and embryo banks have a duty to  collect
 and verify medical history information provided by donors on donor self-
 reported  medical histories and during the donor screening processes and
 to keep detailed records of such for use by  recipients  and  donor-con-
 ceived persons, if any, prior to a procedure and in the future.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13971-04-2
 S. 7602--A                          2
              

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