1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to family law; clarifying the parentage of a woman who provides donated 
1.3 	ova; clarifying rights of spouse to parentage when assisted reproductive technology 
1.4 	is used;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 257.56.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 257.56, is amended to read:
1.7 	257.56 ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION ASSISTED REPRODUCTION.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Husband Spouse treated as biological father parent. If, under the 
1.9 	supervision of a licensed physician and with the consent of her husband spouse, a wife is 
1.10 	inseminated artificially woman conceives through assisted reproduction with semen or ova 
1.11 	or both, donated by a man not her husband donor or donors not her spouse, the husband
1.12 	spouse is treated in law as if he were the biological father the parent of a child thereby 
1.13 	conceived. The husband's spouse's consent must be in writing and signed by him and his 
1.14 	wife the spouse and the woman conceiving through assisted reproduction. The consent must 
1.15 	be retained by the physician for at least four years after the confirmation of a pregnancy 
1.16 	that occurs during the process of artificial insemination assisted reproduction.
1.17 	All papers and records pertaining to the insemination assisted reproduction, whether 
1.18 	part of the permanent record of a court or of a file held by the supervising physician or 
1.19 	elsewhere, are subject to inspection only upon an order of the court for good cause shown.
1.20 		Subd. 2.Donor not treated as biological father parent. The donor of semen or ova 
1.21 	provided to a licensed physician for use in artificial insemination of assisted reproduction 
1.22 	by a married woman other than the donor's wife spouse is treated in law as if he were the 
2.1 	donor is not the biological father parent of a child thereby conceived, unless a court finds 
2.2 	satisfactory evidence that the donor and the woman intended for the donor to be a parent.