HB 5207 Summary

• Establishes the Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy Parentage Act, repealing the 1988 Surrogate Parenting Act, to regulate assisted reproduction and surrogacy arrangements in Michigan.

• Defines parentage for children conceived through assisted reproduction: intended parents who consent to the procedure are legal parents, and donors are not parents of the child.

• Requires surrogates to be at least 21 years old, have previously given birth to at least one child, complete medical and mental health evaluations, and have independent legal representation throughout the surrogacy process.

• Requires intended parents to be at least 21 years old, complete mental health consultation, and have independent legal representation; surrogacy agreements must be notarized and include terms protecting surrogate's medical decision-making authority.

• Permits courts to issue parentage judgments before or after birth declaring intended parents as exclusive parents and surrogates as non-parents; genetic testing may be ordered if a child's genetic relationship to the surrogate is questioned.