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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var> A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to health; establishing state policy for stem cell research; providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>criminal penalties;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>137; 145.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var> BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>[137.45] STEM CELL RESEARCH.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The University of Minnesota may spend state-appropriated funds on stem cell <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>research.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>[145.427] STATE POLICY FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Research use permitted.</b> The policy of the state of Minnesota is <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>that research involving the derivation and use of human embryonic stem cells, human <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>embryonic germ cells, and human adult stem cells from any source, including somatic <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>cell nuclear transplantation, shall be permitted and that full consideration of the ethical <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>and medical implications of this research be given. Research involving the derivation <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>and use of human embryonic stem cells, including somatic cell nuclear transplantation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>and embryos created for reproduction purposes that are in excess of clinical need and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>voluntarily donated for research shall be reviewed by an embryonic stem cell research <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>oversight committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Informed consent.</b> A physician, surgeon, or other health care provider <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>who is treating a patient for infertility shall provide the patient with timely, relevant, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>appropriate information sufficient to allow the patient to make an informed and voluntary <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>choice regarding the disposition of any human embryos remaining following the fertility <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>treatment. Any patient to whom information is provided under this subdivision shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>be presented with the options of storing any unused embryos, donating the embryos <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>to another individual, discarding the embryos, or donating the remaining embryos for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>research. Any patient who elects to donate embryos remaining after fertility treatments <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>for research shall provide written consent to that donation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Prohibiting sale of fetal tissue; cloning of a human being.</b> (a) A person <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>may not knowingly, for valuable consideration, purchase, sell, or otherwise transfer or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>obtain, or promote the sale or transfer of, embryonic or cadaveric fetal tissue for research <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>purposes. However, embryonic or cadaveric fetal tissue may be donated for research <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>purposes under this section. For purposes of this subdivision, "valuable consideration" <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>means financial gain or advantage, but does not include reasonable payment for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>removal, processing, disposal, preservation, quality control, storage, transplantation, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>implantation of embryonic or cadaveric fetal tissue. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Violation of paragraph (a) is a gross misdemeanor. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A person who knowingly engages or assists, directly or indirectly, in the cloning <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>of a human being is guilty of a felony. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As used in this section, "cloning of a human being" means the replication of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>human individual by cultivating a cell with genetic material, other than the product of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>fertilization of the egg of a human female by the sperm of a human male, through the egg, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>embryo, fetal, and newborn stages into a new human individual, and transferring the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>cloned embryo into a woman for gestation and birth.<br />
         		
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