N.Y. General Business Law § 1404: Regulations

§ 1404. Regulations. 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.