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CO SB224

Bill

Status

Passed

5/31/2022

Primary Sponsor

Steve Fenberg

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the "Donor-conceived Persons and Families of Donor-conceived Persons Protection Act" to regulate gamete agencies, gamete banks, and fertility clinics that provide donor gametes or embryos to Colorado recipients.

  • Requires collection and maintenance of donor identifying information (full name, date of birth, current address) and medical history, with good-faith efforts to update medical information every three years.

  • Mandates that donors agree in writing to disclosure of their identity to donor-conceived persons age 18 and older; prohibits Colorado-based and out-of-state providers from matching or providing gametes from donors who refuse identity disclosure.

  • Limits use of any single donor's gametes to 25 families, requires donors to be at least 21 years old, and establishes a lifetime limit of 6 egg-retrieval cycles per ovum donor by January 1, 2025.

  • Requires Department of Public Health and Environment to license gamete agencies, gamete banks, and fertility clinics starting January 1, 2025, with annual fees up to $500, and authorizes civil penalties up to $20,000 per day for violations.

Legislative Description

Protections For Donor-conceived Persons And Families

Last Action

Governor Signed

5/31/2022

Committee Referrals

Appropriations5/5/2022
Finance5/4/2022
Appropriations4/26/2022
State, Veterans, & Military Affairs4/22/2022

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