New York Senate Bill 5359

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES
Pending: Senate Codes Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates a private right of action for fertility fraud; adds a health care practitioner using human reproductive material from the practitioner or from a donor knowing or who reasonably should have known that such patient had not expressly consented to such use, to the crime of aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree; relates to the time in which to commence actions relating to fertility fraud; includes fertility fraud in the definition of professional misconduct for physicians, physician's assistants and specialist assistants.

Creates a private right of action for fertility fraud; adds a health care practitioner using human reproductive material from the practitioner or from a donor knowing or who reasonably should have known that such patient had not expressly consented to such use, to the crime of aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree; relates to the time in which to commence actions relating to fertility fraud; includes fertility fraud in the definition of professional misconduct for physicians, physician's assistants and specialist assistants.

Sen. Nathalia Fernandez [D]

Sen. Leroy Comrie [D]

Sen. Monica Martinez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Senate	REFERRED TO CODES
2023-03-02	Senate	REFERRED TO CODES

A01114 (Same As) 2024-01-03 - referred to codes

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5359
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S05359&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S05359