Connecticut SB 293: AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR INJURY CAUSED BY FRAUD IN THE PROVISION OF FERTILITY CARE AND TREATMENT.

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General Assembly  
Substitute Bill No. 293  
February Session, 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR INJURY 
CAUSED BY FRAUD IN THE PROVISION OF FERTILITY CARE AND 
TREATMENT.  
Be  it enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026, and applicable to any cause 1 
of action arising from an incident committed on or after said date) (a) As used 2 
in this section: 3 
(1)  "Fraud  in  the  provision  of  fertility  care  and  treatment"  means 4 
knowingly  performing  assistive  reproductive  treatment  while  using 5 
human reproductive material from any individual, including the health 6 
care provider's own reproductive material, other than the use of human 7 
reproductive material that the patient specifically consented to using in 8 
writing; 9 
(2)   "Assisted   reproductive   treatment"   includes   intrauterine   or 10 
intracervical  insemination;  in  vitro  fertilization  and  embryo  transfer; 11 
donation  of  eggs,  sperm  or  embryos;  or  related  clinical  procedures 12 
designed to cause pregnancy other than sexual intercourse; 13 
(3)  "Human  reproductive  material"  means  human  spermatozoon  or 14 
ovum or a human organism at any state of development from fertilized 15 
ovum to embryo; and 16 

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(4) "Health care provider" means any person licensed under the laws 17 
of this state to provide health care, or any other individual who handles 18 
human reproductive material in a health care setting. 19 
(b)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  section  52-577  of  the  general 20 
statutes,  an  action  to  recover  damages  for  personal  injury  caused  by 21 
fraud in the provision of fertility care and treatment may be brought not 22 
later than thirty years from the date on which the minor child affected 23 
by fraud in the provision of fertility care attains the age of twenty-one. 24 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 
October 1, 2026, and 
applicable to any cause of 
action arising from an 
incident committed on or 
after said date 
New section 
 
JUD Joint Favorable Subst.