MN HF3721

Health care providers offering pregnancy-related services must provide pregnant women with information about cord blood banking options by the 30th week of pregnancy to enable informed decision-making.

The commissioner shall make available printable publications on the department's website covering differences between public and private banking, collection processes, medical risks, medical uses and benefits, costs, average banking costs, ownership options, and availability of programs in Minnesota.

Health care facilities and providers must permit umbilical cord blood donations upon request during labor and delivery unless medically inadvisable or unless donation would threaten the health of the mother or newborn child.

Health care providers are not required to provide cord blood banking information if doing so conflicts with their religious beliefs, and facilities declining to engage in cord blood donation must disclose this fact to pregnant patients as soon as reasonably feasible.