Bill > HF4564

This bill updates the rights and responsibilities relating to assisted reproduction, creates requirements for gestational and genetic surrogacy agreements, and provides for recordkeeping and information sharing for genetic donation. The key provisions of this bill are: 1. Defining important terms related to assisted reproduction, such as "assisted reproduction," "donor," "gamete," "gestational surrogate," "intended parent," and "surrogacy agreement." 2. Establishing the parental status of donors, intended parents, and spouses in cases of assisted reproduction without surrogacy. 3. Setting eligibility requirements and other legal requirements for gestational and genetic surrogacy agreements, including the need for independent legal representation, medical and mental health evaluations, and court approval for genetic surrogacy agreements. 4. Specifying the contents of surrogacy agreements, such as responsibilities of the parties, compensation, and termination provisions. 5. Outlining the process for establishing parentage under gestational and genetic surrogacy agreements, including the issuance of court orders. 6. Requiring gamete banks and fertility clinics to collect and maintain donor information, and providing for the disclosure of such information to children conceived through assisted reproduction upon request. 7. Repealing the existing law on artificial insemination (Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 257.56).

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