CO HB1316

Establishes the Colorado Surrogacy Agreement Act, creating comprehensive legal framework for surrogacy arrangements involving gestational and genetic surrogates

Requires surrogates and intended parents to be at least 21 years old, complete medical and mental health evaluations, obtain independent legal representation, and execute written agreements before any medical procedures

Establishes that intended parents become legal parents by operation of law upon birth of a child conceived through surrogacy, with surrogates having no claim to parentage unless genetic testing reveals the surrogate is the biological parent

Permits either party to terminate agreements before gamete or embryo transfer, with parties released from obligations except for reimbursable expenses already incurred by the surrogate

Allows court orders recognizing surrogacy agreements and establishing parentage, with juvenile courts authorized to issue orders declaring intended parents as exclusive legal parents and directing state vital records to reflect this