Assembly approves chapter amendment clarifying surrogacy rules, including retroactivity fix

Feb 26, 2025

The Assembly passed a chapter amendment to technical changes affecting the Child Parents Security Act, restoring some insurance provisions, clarifying parental-judgment procedures, and correcting a retroactivity date so provisions apply from 2021; vote was 128–13.

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The New York State Assembly on the floor adopted a chapter amendment to technical changes to the Child Parents Security Act that sponsors said restores certain insurance provisions and clarifies procedures for establishing parentage. "We received the proposed amendments on December 17," the sponsor, Miss Pollan, told colleagues, calling the changes "technical" and aimed at fixing implementation issues after the Act's enactment.

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