SB 217-1_ Filed 02/28/2001, 15:54

COMMITTEE REPORT




MR. PRESIDENT:

    The Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 217, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:

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SOURCE: IC 35-46-5-2; (01)AM021701.5. -->     "SECTION 5. IC 35-46-5-2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "cloning" means the growing or creation of a human being from a single cell or cells of a genetically identical human being through asexual reproduction. The term does not include a treatment or procedure to enhance human reproductive capability through the manipulation of human oocytes or embryos, including the following:
        (1) In vitro fertilization.
        (2) Gamete intrafallopian transfer.
        (3) Zygote intrafallopian transfer.

    (b) A person who participates in the cloning or attempted cloning of a human being commits unlawful participation in human cloning, a Class C felony.
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    (Reference is to SB 217 as introduced.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass .

Committee Vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0.

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Senator Miller, Chairperson


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