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New York Consolidated Laws, General Business Law - GBS § 1404. Regulations

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. The department of health, in consultation with the department of financial services, shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the requirements of this article regarding surrogacy programs and assisted reproduction service providers in a manner that ensures the safety and health of gamete providers and persons serving as surrogates.  Such regulations shall, at a minimum:

(a) Require surrogacy programs to monitor compliance with eligibility criteria for the intended parents and persons acting as surrogates pursuant to section 581-402 of the family court act;  and

(b) Require the assisted reproduction service providers to administer informed consent procedures that comply with regulations promulgated by the department of health under section twenty-five hundred ninety-nine-cc of the public health law.

2. The department of health shall annually report to the legislature regarding the practices of surrogacy programs and assisted reproduction service providers and all business transactions related to surrogacy and gamete provision in New York state, with recommendations for any necessary amendments to this article.

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