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California Senate Bill No. 729 (SB 729) is the Senate Bill that amends Health and Safety Code section 1374.55 and Insurance Code section 10119.6 to expand health insurance coverage to fertility services. It was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 29th, 2024, and has an effective date of July 1st, 2025. The new law requires certain fully insured health policies to cover the diagnosis and treatment of infertility.

Why same-sex couples should consider a second parent adoption if you or your partner conceived a child through sperm or embryo donation.

Completing a surrogacy journey in California   will require a pre-birth order before the child is born. A pre-birth order, also known as a parentage judgment, is a court ordered judgment that establishes the intended parents as the sole parents of the unborn child and not the surrogate and her partner, if any. Check our previous blog “What is a Pre-Birth Order”   to learn what a PBO is.  1. When Should a PBO Be Started?  A PBO takes time to both prepare, to be signed by the

California Governor Newsom has recently enacted a series of impactful employment bills set to take effect on January 1, 2024. Among these legislative changes, the implications for surrogacy and individuals engaging in assisted reproduction are particularly noteworthy. This article will delve into how the 2024 California Employment Laws, specifically Senate Bill 616, Senate Bill 848, and potentially Assembly Bill 518, affects the benefits for individuals involved in surrogacy

If you are considering surrogacy in California, it is one of the friendliest states in the United States and the first to recognize parentage through gestational surrogacy. However, before the actual embryo transfer procedure can take place with the surrogate, there are legal requirements that must be met with the surrogacy contract. California law requires the following: The parties need to have a separate independent counsel of their own choosing. The intended parents mus