CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5433

 

 

                    Chapter 13, Laws of 2002

 

 

                        57th Legislature

                      2002 Regular Session

 

 

ALTERNATIVE REPRODUCTIVE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY--PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/13/02

 

Passed by the Senate January 30, 2002

  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House March 5, 2002

  YEAS 97   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5433 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

            TONY M. COOK

                            Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Approved March 12, 2002 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.   

                                FILED          

 

 

           March 12, 2002 - 2:06 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


           _____________________________________________

 

                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5433

           _____________________________________________

 

             Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Health & Long‑Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Regala, Winsley and Thibaudeau)

 

READ FIRST TIME 02/16/01.

Providing for establishment of parent and child relationship for children born through assisted conception.  Revised for 1st Substitute: Providing for establishment of parent and child relationship for children born through alternative reproductive medical technology.   


    AN ACT Relating to establishment of parent and child relationship for children born through alternative reproductive medical technology; and amending RCW 26.26.030 and 26.26.050.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 26.26.030 and 1985 c 7 s 86 are each amended to read as follows:

    The parent and child relationship between a child and

    (1) the natural mother may be established by proof of her having given birth to the child, or under this chapter;

    (2) the natural father may be established under this chapter;

    (3) an adoptive parent may be established by proof of adoption or under the provisions of chapter 26.33 RCW;

    (4) a mother or father may be established under this chapter by an affidavit and physician's certificate in a form prescribed by the department of health wherein the sperm donor, donor of ovum, or surrogate gestation carrier sets forth his or her intent to be legally bound as the parent of a child or children born through alternative reproductive medical technology by filing the affidavit and physician's certificate with the registrar of vital statistics within ten days after the date of the child's birth pursuant to RCW 26.26.050.

 

    Sec. 2.  RCW 26.26.050 and 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 42 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) If, under the supervision of a licensed physician and with the consent of her husband, a wife is inseminated artificially with semen donated by a man not her husband, the husband is treated in law as if he were the natural father of a child thereby conceived.  The husband's consent must be in writing and signed by him and his wife.  The physician shall certify their signatures and the date of the insemination, and file the husband's consent with the registrar of vital statistics, where it shall be kept confidential and in a sealed file.

    (2) The donor of semen provided to a licensed physician for use in artificial insemination of a woman other than the donor's wife is treated in law as if he were not the natural father of a child thereby conceived unless the donor and the woman agree in writing that said donor shall be the father.  The agreement must be in writing and signed by the donor and the woman.  The physician shall certify their signatures and the date of the insemination and file the agreement, including the affidavit and certification referenced in RCW 26.26.030, with the registrar of vital statistics, where it shall be kept confidential and in a sealed file.

    (3) The donor of ovum provided to a licensed physician for use in the alternative reproductive medical technology process of attempting to achieve a pregnancy in a woman other than the donor is treated in law as if she were not the natural mother of a child thereafter conceived and born unless the donor and the woman who gives birth to a child as a result of the alternative reproductive medical technology procedures agree in writing that the donor is to be a parent.  A woman who gives birth to a child conceived through alternative reproductive medical technology procedures under the supervision and with the assistance of a licensed physician is treated in law as if she were the natural mother of the child unless an agreement in writing signed by an ovum donor and the woman giving birth to the child states otherwise.  An agreement pursuant to this section must be in writing and signed by the ovum donor and the woman who gives birth to the child and any other intended parent of the child.  The physician shall certify the parties' signatures and the date of the ovum harvest, identify the subsequent medical procedures undertaken, and identify the intended parents.  The agreement, including the affidavit and certification referenced in RCW 26.26.030, must be filed with the registrar of vital statistics, where it must be kept confidential and in a sealed file.

    (4) The department of health shall, upon request, issue a birth certificate for any child born as a result of an alternative reproductive medical technology procedure indicating the legal parentage of such child as intended by any agreement filed with the registrar of vital statistics pursuant to subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this section.

    (5) The failure of the licensed physician to perform any administrative act required by this section shall not affect the father and child or mother and child relationship.  All papers and records pertaining to the ((insemination)) alternative reproductive medical technology procedures, whether part of the permanent record of a court or of a file held by the supervising physician or elsewhere, are subject to inspection only in exceptional cases upon an order of the court for good cause shown.


    Passed the Senate January 30, 2002.

    Passed the House March 5, 2002.

Approved by the Governor March 12, 2002.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 12, 2002.