Establishing a state policy for stem cell research; authorizing the university of Minnesota to spend state appropriated funds on stem cell research; permitting research involving the derivation and use of human embryonic stem or germ cells and human adult stem cells, requiring review of the research by an approved institutional review board; requiring physicians, surgeons or other health care providers treating patients for infertility to provide patients with information to allow patients to make informed and voluntary choices relating to the disposition of human embryos remaining following fertility treatment, specifying options; prohibiting the sale of fetal tissue for research purposes, penalty
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