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Committee advances bill requiring LARA to investigate alleged fertility fraud, including license revocation and criminal penalties
Summary
Representative Roth’s bill would require the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) to investigate cases where a fertility provider used their own DNA in IVF, permit license revocation if misconduct is found, and includes criminal penalties up to 5–15 years and fines up to $50,000; committee reported the bill with recommendation.
A Michigan House Rules Committee hearing moved forward a bill aiming to give the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) authority to investigate and act on instances of fertility fraud.
Representative Roth introduced house bill 50 39 as a measure to address cases in which a fertility provider inseminated a patient with the provider’s own genetic material. "This involves doctors that have done bad things," Roth…
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