Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-57-107
Record keeping - successor record keeper - applicability.
Effective May 30, 2025L. 2022: Entire article added, (SB 22-224), ch. 279, p. 2009, § 1, effective August 10. L. 2025: (3), (6), and (7)(b) amended, (HB 25-1259), ch. 304, p. 1589, § 6, effective May 30.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, a gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic shall permanently maintain:
- (a) Identifying information and medical history for each donor with which it matches or from which it collects gametes for use by a recipient parent or parents who are unknown to the donor at the time of the donation;
- (b) Information about the number of families established with each donor's gametes and the efforts of the gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic to obtain that information pursuant to section 25-57-109; and
- (c) Records of gamete screening and testing.
- (2) A gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic that receives gametes or embryos from another gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic shall permanently maintain the name, address, telephone number, and email address of the gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic from which it received the gametes or embryos. A gamete bank or fertility clinic that collected gametes from a donor who was matched with a recipient by a gamete agency that is a separate entity shall permanently maintain the name, address, telephone number, and email address of the gamete agency that matched the donor and the recipient.
- (3) A gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic shall create a plan to permanently maintain the information required by this section, including in the case of dissolution, insolvency, or bankruptcy, and shall make the plan available for inspection upon request by the department.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, upon dissolution, insolvency, or bankruptcy, a gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic shall:
- (a) Implement the plan approved by the department pursuant to subsection (3) of this section;
- (b) File with the department a statement providing the name and contact information of the successor entity, if any, that will receive and maintain the records described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section; and
- (c) Inform by mail and electronic mail sent to the last-known address on file all gamete donors whose gametes were collected, matched, or received by the gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic, as well as recipient parents who received gametes or embryos from the gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic and reported a pregnancy or live birth, the name and contact information of the successor entity that will receive and maintain the records described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
- (5) A gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic shall comply with reporting requirements about gamete screening and testing in accordance with federal law and applicable laws of this state other than those set forth in this article 57.
- (6) A gamete bank or fertility clinic that collects gametes from a donor who was matched with a recipient by a gamete agency that is a separate entity is not subject to the requirements of subsection (1) or (3) of this section.
(7)
- (a) Subsection (2) of this section applies only to gametes or embryos matched or received on or after July 1, 2024.
- (b) Subsections (1) and (3) of this section apply only to gametes matched or collected on or after January 1, 2025, for use by a recipient parent or parents who are unknown to the donor at the time of the donation.
Source: L. 2022: Entire article added, (SB 22-224), ch. 279, p. 2009, § 1, effective August 10. L. 2025: (3), (6), and (7)(b) amended, (HB 25-1259), ch. 304, p. 1589, § 6, effective May 30.
Cross references: For the short title (Reducing Barriers to Building Families Act) and the legislative declaration in HB 25-1259, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 304, Session Laws of Colorado 2025.