Bill Text: NY S07985 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires sperm and ovum storage facilities to inform clients regarding any state or federal laws relating to the inheritance rights of a posthumously conceived child from the utilization of such sperm or ovum; requires such facilities to update clients regarding any changes to the laws for ten years after the initial execution of any contracts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-02 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S07985 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S07985-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7985 IN SENATE June 2, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring certain disclosures by sperm and ovum storage facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 391-u to read as follows: 3 § 391-u. Disclosure statement by sperm or ovum storage facility. (a) 4 Any medical facility, or other facility, engaged in the business of the 5 storage of sperm or ovum shall provide, prior to engaging in any 6 contractual agreement with a client, a disclosure statement to such 7 client which notifies him or her of the provisions of any existing state 8 or federal laws on the storage of sperm or ovum including any statutes 9 of limitations relating to the inheritance rights of a child posthumous- 10 ly conceived from the utilization of sperm or ovum stored with such 11 facility. Such facility shall keep the address and/or email address of 12 such client for ten years and shall only use such address or email 13 address to send notification to such client pursuant to subdivision (b) 14 of this section. 15 (b) In addition to the disclosure provided pursuant to subdivision (a) 16 of this section, should any state or federal laws disclosed pursuant to 17 subdivision (a) of this section change, such facility shall send a 18 notification to the client of the change. Such notification shall be 19 sent through the postal service or through electronic mail to the 20 address or email address given by the client to such facility. Such 21 notification shall continue for ten years after the initial execution of 22 any contract. 23 (c) Upon the expiration of the ten year notice period provided pursu- 24 ant to subdivision (b) of this section, the facility shall send a notice 25 to the client that they will no longer be notified of changes to any 26 updated state or federal laws and that the client should attempt to 27 follow any changes to the laws in the future on his or her own. 28 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 29 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03757-03-6