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NY A01107

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Amy Paulin

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires reproductive tissue banks licensed in New York to collect and verify medical history information from donors, including individual and family medical history for first and second-degree relatives, hereditary conditions, and current medications

  • Mandates disclosure of donor medical information to recipients before they receive reproductive tissue, and to donor-conceived persons upon turning 18 (or earlier with parent/guardian consent)

  • Obligates donors to provide names of medical professionals responsible for their care in the preceding five years and written consent authorizing the bank to obtain those medical records

  • Requires reproductive tissue banks to retain donor medical records for at least 25 years after release of tissue that resulted in a live birth

  • Prohibits sale or transfer of reproductive tissue to out-of-state recipients unless accompanied by signed certification from the bank's medical director confirming compliance with verification requirements

Legislative Description

Enacts the "donor-conceived person protection act" to ensure that reproductive tissue banks, licensed by the department of health, collect and verify medical information from any donor it procures reproductive tissue from and to disseminate such information to a recipient before a recipient purchases or otherwise receives such tissue, and to donor-conceived persons, if any, when such persons turn eighteen years of age or earlier upon consent of the recipient parent or guardian; defines terms; makes related provisions.

Last Action

referred to health

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Health1/9/2025

Full Bill Text

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