Requires certain disclosures by sperm and ovum storage facilities to inform clients relating to the inheritance rights of a posthumously conceived child from the utilization of such sperm or ovum.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5697--B
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 26, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection --
reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of third reading -- recommitted to
the Committee on Consumer Protection 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 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 Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 391-u to read as follows:
3 § 391-u. Disclosure statement by sperm or ovum storage facility. Any
4 medical facility, or other facility, engaged in the business of provid-
5 ing the storage of sperm or ovum shall, prior to engaging in any
6 contractual agreement with a client for such storage, provide to the
7 client written notification of the provisions of sections 4-1.3 and
8 11-1.5 of the estates, powers and trusts law relating to the inheritance
9 rights of a child posthumously conceived from the utilization of sperm
10 or ovum stored with such facility.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
12 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06336-05-8
