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- Referred to consumer protection
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Requires certain disclosures by sperm and ovum storage facilities
In Assembly Committee · Rules · Sponsor N. Nick Perry
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Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring certain disclosures by sperm and ovum storage facilities
Purpose or general idea of bill
Requires sperm and ovum storage facilities to disclose to clients provisions of any state or federal laws related to the inheritance rights of a child posthumously conceived by the utilization of such sperm or ovum. The legislation also requires sperm and ovum facilities to obtain the address or email address of a client and keep it for ten years only to notify the client of changes in the law relating to sperm and ovum facilities.
Summary of specific provisions
Amends the general business law by adding a new section 391-u which requires any facility engaged in the business of the storage of sperm or ovum to provide, prior to a contractual agreement with a client, a disclosure statement which notifies such client of the provisions of any existing state or federal laws including any statute of limitations relating to the inheritance rights of a child posthumously conceived from the utilization of sperm or ovum stored at such facility. The legislation also requires sperm and ovum facilities to obtain the address or email address of a client and keep it for ten years only to notify the client of changes in the law relating to sperm and ovum facilities.
Justification
Currently a person may freeze sperm or ovum to conceive a child on a future date. This miracle of science provides our nation's military service men and women the comfort of knowing that if they are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, that they may still have a child.
Good government dictates that a person who decides to freeze sperm or an ovum is informed of the state and federal regulations pertaining to posthumous conception inheritance rights. Failure to inform could result in financial and emotional hardships for families who utilize a frozen sperm or ovum without the foresight to plan adequately. This bill will ensure that parents who enter into contracts for services with a frozen sperm or ovum storage facility be provided with the facility's provisions of any state or federal laws related to inheritance rights of a child posthumously conceived by the utilization of such frozen sperm or ovum.
Prior legislative history
New bill in the Senate.
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
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