(a) As used in this section:(1) 'Fertility treatment' means a treatment for infertility, pregnancy, surrogacy, or childbearing; and(2) 'Human reproductive material' means: (A) A human spermatozoon or ovum; or(B) A human organism at any stage of development from fertilized ovum to embryo.(b) A person commits the offense of fertility treatment fraud if the person, with the purpose to defraud a person undergoing fertility treatment, misrepresents the: (1) Identity of a person who has donated or is donating human reproductive material to the person undergoing fertility treatment; or(2) Quality of the: (A) Human reproductive material used in the fertility treatment; or(B) Fertility treatment procedure.(c) Fertility treatment fraud is a Class C felony.Added by Act 2021, No. 609,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021.
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