Official Text and Analysis.

Removes provisions codifying a procedure to adjudicate a de facto parentage.

Probits compensation for surrogacy agreements other than expenes incurred.

Surrogacy agreements are limited to only parties that are Washington residents.

A woman acting as a surrogate is limited to two surrogacy agreements that result in the birth of children.

Excludes a woman from acting as a surrogate where the woman, following a required medical evaluation or mental health consultation, is diagnosed as having an intellectual disability, a mental illness, or developmental disability.

Establishes a requirement that in order to have a 15 validly executed surrogacy agreement, there must be two intended 16 parents who are married to each other.

Provides that, in order to enter into a valid receiving or surrogacy agreement, a woman acting as a surrogate must not beeligible to receive public assistance or benefits under state or federal programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the Basic Food Program, Medicaid, or other similar programs.

Provides that the surrogacy agreement may contain provisions governing termination of the pregnancy only in cases in which a gamete from one or both of the intended parents is used in the assisted reproduction that results in a child conceived under the surrogacy agreement.

Provides that, in order to enter into a surrogacy agreement, the intended parent or parents must not be currently 11 incarcerated in a state jail or a state or federal prison and must 12 have completed a background check conducted by the Department of Social and Health Services.

Provides that, in order to enter into a surrogacy agreement, a woman acting as a surrogate must be a United States citizen residing in Washington and must have been residing in Washington for at least one year..

Provides that a woman may not act as a surrogate without having a license issued by the Department of Labor and 21 Industries (Department) before acting as a surrogate. Requires the Department to adopt rules establishing minimum requirements for surrogates, including education and experience requirements, 23 training in the requirement of the surrogacy provisions of the act, and any other requirements the Department deems necessary to protect the safety and welfare of the woman acting as a surrogate.

Requires a woman acting as a surrogate under a surrogacy agreement to obtain a business license from the Department of Revenue. Requires the woman acting as a surrogate, upon the 14 birth of the child under a surrogacy agreement, to pay all business 15 and occupation tax applicable under the laws of this state.

Provides that a woman acting as surrogate must obtain a term life insurance policy in effect until the earlier of the termination of the surrogacy agreement or three months after the birth of the child in an amount of at least $1 million. Provides that the intended parent or parents may pay for the required term life insurance policy.

13 the woman acting as a surrogate has the right to request and receive Provides that a surrogacy agreement must provide that the complete medical records of each intended parent and the intended parents have the right to request and receive the complete medical records of the woman acting as a surrogate. Requires the woman acting as a surrogate and each intended parent to sign all necessary medical release forms to ensure the records can be disclosed upon request.

Provides that, in order to execute a surrogacy agreement, a woman acting as a surrogate must be a resident of Washington and citizen of the United States, and each intended parent must be a citizen of the United States.

Provides that, in order to execute a surrogacy agreement, a woman acting as a surrogate must be a resident ofWashington and citizen of the United States, and each intended parent must be a citizen of the United States..

Provides that in order to be a valid surrogacy agreement, a woman acting as a surrogate and each intended parent must agree to have no more than one embryo transferred per in vitro fertilization cycle in accordance with the best practices recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. 16.

Provides that a woman acting as a surrogate and intended parents may not enter into more than three surrogacy agreements that result in the birth of children. Provides that in order for a surrogacy contract to be valid, the woman acting as a 20 surrogate and each intended parent must agree to have no more than one embryo transferred under the agreement.

Provides that in order to enter into a surrogacy agreement, the intended parent or parents must provide verification to the Department of Health that the intended parent or parents own adequate assets or maintain an adequate income to support the financial costs of caring for the child or children that might result from a surrogac.