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CO SB224
Bill
AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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