What's happening
This bill requires regulations for the commercial trade of human reproductive processes, limiting one semen donor to ten live births and creating a central tracking registry.
Why it matters
Limits on donor-conceived siblings. By capping the number of live births per semen donor at ten, the bill aims to reduce the risk of accidental consanguinity (biological relatives unknowingly meeting and having children) and better protect the psychological and social well-being of donor-conceived individuals.
Centralized registry for transparency and safety. Establishing a state-run registry to track donor information and live births increases accountability for fertility clinics and banks, helps monitor health trends, and allows for more effective responses to medical or genetic concerns that may arise post-donation.
Balancing privacy and oversight. The bill explicitly requires the registry to maintain the anonymity of both donors and offspring, attempting to safeguard personal privacy while still giving regulators and possibly future offspring access to essential, non-identifying health and birth information.
Potential for improved public health outcomes. By collecting and maintaining health data on donors at the time of donation, the state can better identify patterns of inherited disorders, enhance screening, and react rapidly to emergent health risks affecting donor-conceived children.
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Limit Semen Donor Births
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8173
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 5, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the promulgation of regulations relating to the commercial trade of human reproductive processes and limiting the number of live births from a single semen donor
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of section 4365 of the public health law are renumbered subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows:
4. The commissioner, in consultation with the transplant council, shall promulgate regulations on the commercial trade of human reproductive processes involving semen donation. Such regulations shall include, but shall not be limited to:
(a) governing limits on the number of live births conceived by a single donor, which shall not exceed ten live births; and
(b) the establishment of a central tracking registry of semen donor information, as reported by reproductive tissue banks, insemination/implantation sites and semen processing facilities in the state. Such registry shall provide a means for gathering and maintaining accurate information on the:
(i) number of live births conceived from a single donor;
(ii) health information of the donor at the time of the donation; and
(iii) other information deemed appropriate by the commissioner.
In addition, regulations shall maintain the anonymity of the donor and the offspring and govern access to information maintained by the registry.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the commissioner of health shall promulgate regulations no later than six months after this act shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13093-01-9
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