Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2635

Providing a state policy for stem cell research; authorizing the +university of
Minnesota to spend state appropriated funds on stem cell research; +permitting
the derivation and use of human embryonic stem or germ cells and +human adult
stem cells for research, 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 (ra)