Parentage.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate gamete banks, defined as tissue banks that collect, process, store, or distribute gametes, including facilities that provide professional reproductive services. Existing law requires a gamete bank licensed in this state, for gametes collected on or after January 1, 2020, to collect certain identifying information and medical information from a gamete donor, including the donor's full name, date of birth, and address. Existing law also requires a gamete bank to obtain a declaration from the gamete donor stating whether the donor agrees to disclose the donor's identity to a child that results from the donation, upon the child turning 18 years of age and requesting the information. This bill would require a gamete bank to collect and maintain, in addition to the identifying information and medical information described above, any other contact information provided by the donor at the time of the donation and records of gamete screening and testing. The bill would also require a gamete bank that receives gametes collected by another gamete bank to collect and retain contact information for the gamete bank from which the gametes were received, and to disclose that information to a child that results from the donation, upon the child turning 18 years of age and requesting the information. The bill would exempt from these requirements gametes collected from a donor whose identity is known to the recipient of the gametes at the time of the donation. Existing law prescribes the duties of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics (State Registrar) and local registrars of births and deaths with respect to the registration of certificates of live birth, fetal death, or death, and marriage licenses. Existing law prescribes the information to be listed on a certificate of live birth. Existing law prohibits, if the parents are not married to each other, the father's name from being listed on the birth certificate unless the father and mother sign a voluntary declaration of paternity at the hospital before the birth certificate is submitted for registration. Existing law prohibits the birth certificate from being amended to add a father's name at a later date unless paternity has been established in court. This bill, instead, would prohibit the name of the person identified by the woman giving birth as either the only possible genetic parent other than the woman who gave birth or the intended parent of a child conceived through assisted reproduction from being listed on the birth certificate unless the woman who gave birth and the person identified by the woman giving birth as either the only possible genetic parent other than the woman who gave birth or the intended parent of a child conceived through assisted reproduction sign a voluntary declaration of parentage. The bill would authorize the birth certificate to be amended to add another parent's name at a later date only if parentage is established by a court. This bill also makes technical and conforming changes.