§ 1404. Regulations. 1. The department of health, in consultation with the department of financial services, shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the requirements of this article regarding surrogacy programs and assisted reproduction service providers in a manner that ensures the safety and health of gamete providers and persons serving as surrogates. Such regulations shall:(a) Require surrogacy programs to monitor compliance with surrogacy agreements eligibility and requirements in state law; and
(b) Require the surrogacy programs and assisted reproduction service providers to administer informed consent procedures that comply with regulations promulgated by the department of health under section twenty-five hundred ninety-nine-cc of the public health law. 2. The department of health shall annually report to the legislature regarding the practices of surrogacy programs and assisted reproduction service providers and all business transactions related to surrogacy and gamete provision in New York state, with recommendations for any necessary amendments to this article.
