Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05475 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5475
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1313 Introduced by:
1414 REP. KENNEDY, 119th Dist.
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1818 AN ACT CONCERNING FERTILITY FRAUD BY PHYSICIANS.
1919 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
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2222 That the general statutes be amended to provide that: (1) No 1
2323 physician shall knowingly use the physician's own sperm to inseminate 2
2424 a patient without the patient's consent; and (2) any person harmed by a 3
2525 physician knowingly using his own sperm to inseminate a patient 4
2626 without the patient's consent may bring an action against such physician 5
2727 in the Superior Court to recover the actual damages sustained by such 6
2828 person, together with the cost of the suit, including a reasonable 7
2929 attorney's fee. 8
3030 Statement of Purpose:
3131 To protect patients undergoing fertility treatments from physician
3232 misconduct.