House rejects bill to require state reporting of assisted-reproductive-technology procedures
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HB 11-82 would have required the Department of Health to collect annual aggregate data on assisted reproductive technology procedures; sponsor said it is a reporting measure, not an access restriction, but opponents argued it could chill IVF. The House voted the bill down on final passage.
Representative Jorgensen presented HB 11-82 as a data-collection bill directing the Department of Health to collect aggregate, de-identified information on assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures performed in the state. He said the proposal "is not a restriction on IVF or any fertility treatment" but would provide policymakers and providers with better outcome data and pointed to existing mandatory reporting systems for cancers and vital statistics as precedents.
Opponents argued the bill risks stigmatizing or chilling IVF and described the measure as intrusive government reporting into family-building choices. Representative Mortensen urged a "no" vote, calling the bill regulatory and urging protection of family formation; Representative Ladner said one clinic in the state already reports to national ART surveillance systems and questioned the need for a state requirement that affects a single clinic.
In closing, Jorgensen said Europe collects similar information without closing access to IVF and framed the bill as consistent with pro-life concerns in wanting to know what happens to embryos. After debate, the House declined final passage of HB 11-82 (ayes 25, nays 42, excused 3). No statutory amendments were recorded on the floor during final passage.