What's happening
This bill requires sperm and ovum storage facilities to inform clients in writing about inheritance rights for posthumously conceived children.
Why it matters
Ensures clients are fully informed. By mandating written notification about inheritance rights for children conceived after a parent’s death, the bill helps clients make legally informed choices about storing reproductive material.
Reduces potential legal disputes. Clear disclosure can help prevent future conflicts or confusion among surviving family members regarding the inheritance rights of posthumously conceived children.
Promotes ethical practices among storage facilities. Facilities must proactively address a significant legal issue, encouraging greater transparency and responsible handling of reproductive materials.
Empowers clients to plan their estates. Clients who are aware of these inheritance laws can better plan their wills or trusts, directly impacting how their assets might be distributed to future children conceived through stored sperm or eggs.
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Disclose Fertility Storage Rights
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- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
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STATE OF NEW YORK
23
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring certain disclosures by sperm and ovum storage facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 391-u to read as follows:
§ 391-u. Disclosure statement by sperm or ovum storage facility. Any medical facility, or other facility, engaged in the business of providing the storage of sperm or ovum shall, prior to engaging in any contractual agreement with a client for such storage, provide to the client written notification of the provisions of sections 4-1.3 and 11-1.5 of the estates, powers and trusts law relating to the inheritance rights of a child posthumously conceived from the utilization of sperm or ovum stored with such facility.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02543-01-9
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