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NY A00526
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Amy Paulin
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AI Summary
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Creates a private right of action for patients, intended parents, their spouses, and children born from assisted reproduction procedures against healthcare providers who use reproductive material without proper written consent or from unauthorized donors
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Allows lawsuits against donors or assisted reproductive service providers who knowingly provide false or misleading information about medical history, genetic history, or family health history for the past two generations
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Permits donors to sue healthcare providers if their reproductive material was used without consent or in ways beyond what they agreed to
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Authorizes compensatory damages including emotional distress, punitive damages, and other non-monetary relief, while preserving all other legal remedies including child support rights
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Establishes a six-year statute of limitations from the date the fertility fraud is discovered or reasonably should have been discovered
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Adds fertility fraud to professional misconduct grounds in the Education Law, subjecting licensed medical professionals to disciplinary action for performing assisted reproduction without proper consent
Legislative Description
Establishes a cause of action for fertility fraud; allows patients who have undergone assisted reproduction procedures to bring a cause of action if human reproductive material other than that which was consented to by the patient is used in such procedure; allows for compensatory and punitive damages.
Last Action
referred to judiciary
1/7/2026