New York A 526: Establishes a cause of action for fertility fraud

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A00526 Summary:

BILL NOA00526 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05743

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRDinowitz, Rosenthal, Seawright, Simon, Rozic, Magnarelli, Otis, McDonough

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 5 §52-e, Civ Rts L; amd §6530, Ed L

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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.

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BILL NOA00526 

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01/08/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 526

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON,
 ROZIC, MAGNARELLI, OTIS, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law and the education law, in relation
 to establishing a cause of action for fertility fraud

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Article 5 of the civil rights law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 52-e to read as follows:
 3 § 52-e. Private right of action for fertility fraud. 1. Any patient
 4 who has undergone an assisted reproduction procedure with a health care
 5 provider, any intended parent, the spouse of any patient who has under-
 6 gone an assisted reproduction procedure with a health care provider, the
 7 spouse of any intended parent, or a child or person born as a result of
 8 such assisted reproduction procedure shall have a private right of
 9 action for damages against such health care provider under any of the
 10 following conditions:
 11 (a) such health care provider knowingly or intentionally performs an
 12 assisted reproduction procedure using the human reproductive material of
 13 the health care provider or any other donor without the patient's
 14 informed written consent to treatment using human reproductive material
 15 from the health care provider or from any donor other than a donor from
 16 whom the patient consented to in writing; or
 17 (b) such health care provider intentionally performs an assisted
 18 reproduction procedure and such health care provider knows or reasonably
 19 should have known that the human reproductive material was used: (i)
 20 without the donor's consent; or (ii) in a manner or to an extent other
 21 than that to which the donor consented.
 22 2. Any patient who has undergone an assisted reproduction procedure,
 23 any intended parent, the spouse of any patient who has undergone an

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02744-01-5

 A. 526 2

 1 assisted reproduction procedure, the spouse of any intended parent, or a
 2 child or person born as a result of such assisted reproduction procedure
 3 shall have a private right of action for damages against a donor or
 4 assisted reproductive service provider under any of the following condi-
 5 tions:
 6 (a) such donor or assisted reproductive service provider knowingly
 7 provides false or misleading information about the donor's medical
 8 history including but not limited to an illness at the time of donation,
 9 any past illness of the donor, or the genetic or family history of the
 10 donor for the past two generations which is known to the donor at the
 11 time of donation; or
 12 (b) such assisted reproductive service provider knowingly uses or
 13 provides human reproductive material for an assisted reproduction proce-
 14 dure in a manner or to an extent other than that to which the patient
 15 consented.
 16 3. A donor of human reproductive material shall have a cause of action
 17 against a health care provider or assisted reproductive service provid-
 18 er, if the donor's human reproductive material was used: (a) without the
 19 donor's consent; or (b) in a manner or to an extent other than that