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MI HB5350

Bill

Status

Passed

4/17/2014

Primary Sponsor

Tom Cochran

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Origin

House of Representatives

97th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends Michigan's 1988 surrogate parentage law to update terminology, replacing "mentally retarded" and "mental retardation" with "intellectually disabled" and "mental illness or developmental disability."

  • Prohibits any person from entering into, inducing, arranging, procuring, or assisting in surrogate parentage contracts involving unemancipated minors or females diagnosed as intellectually disabled, mentally ill, or developmentally disabled.

  • Makes it a felony punishable by up to $50,000 in fines or 5 years imprisonment for non-protected persons to assist in forming such prohibited contracts involving vulnerable females.

  • Prohibits all surrogate parentage contracts for compensation, except for reimbursement of pregnancy-related and medical expenses.

  • Makes it a misdemeanor (up to $10,000 fine or 1 year imprisonment) for participating parties to knowingly enter into compensated surrogacy contracts, and a felony (up to $50,000 fine or 5 years imprisonment) for third parties who facilitate such contracts.

Legislative Description

Children; other; reference to mentally retarded and mental retardation; modify. Amends secs. 3, 7 & 9 of 1988 PA 199 (MCL 722.853 et seq.).

Children, parental rights

Last Action

Assigned Pa 69'14 With Immediate Effect

4/17/2014

Committee Referrals

Health Policy2/20/2014

Full Bill Text

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