Senate Bill S7749

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to surrogacy programs and agreements

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee


  • 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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2023-S7749 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd Fam Ct Act, generally; amd §§2599-cc, 4132 & 4138-e, add §§2599-dd - 2599-gg, Pub Health L; amd Gen Bus L, generally; amd §§3221 & 4303, Ins L; add §365-p, Soc Serv L

2023-S7749 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the requirements of surrogacy programs and criteria for surrogacy agreements; provides for gamete donation matched agreement and gamete donation agency agreement; specifies a gamete donor's bill of rights and a bill of rights of donor-conceived and surrogate-born individuals; regulates certain activities of surrogacy programs

2023-S7749 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7749 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7749
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act, the public health law, the general
   business law and the insurance law, in relation to surrogacy  programs
   and  agreements;  and to amend the social services law, in relation to
   enrollment in the state health insurance exchange
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  581-102  of  the  family  court act, as added by
 section 1 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws of  2020,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   §  581-102. Definitions. (a) "Assisted reproduction" means a method of
 causing pregnancy other than sexual intercourse and includes but is  not
 limited to:
   1. intrauterine or vaginal insemination;
   2. donation of gametes;
   3. donation of embryos;
   4. in vitro fertilization and transfer of embryos; and
   5. intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
   (b) "CENTRAL ASSISTED REPRODUCTION REGISTRY" MEANS THE REGISTRY ESTAB-
 LISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-CC OF THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   (C) "Child" means a born individual of any age whose parentage may  be
 determined under this act or other law.
   [(c)]  (D)  "Compensation" means payment of any valuable consideration
 in excess of reasonable medical and ancillary costs.
   [(d)] (E) "Donor" means an individual who does  not  intend  to  be  a
 parent  who  produces gametes and provides them to another person, other
 than the individual's spouse, for use in  assisted  reproduction.    FOR
 PURPOSES  OF  PARTS EIGHT AND TEN OF THIS ARTICLE AND OF GOVERNING STAT-
 UTES AND REGULATIONS, THE TERM "DONOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DOES  NOT

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13512-02-3
              

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