N.Y. FCT Law § 581-606
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Life insurance
Official statutory text
§ 581-606. Life insurance. A person acting as surrogate has the right\nto be provided a life insurance, policy that takes effect prior to\ntaking any medication or commencement of treatment to further embryo\ntransfer, provides a minimum benefit of seven hundred fifty thousand\ndollars, or the maximum amount the person acting as surrogate qualifying\nfor it less than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, and has a term\nthat extends throughout the duration of the expected pregnancy and for\ntwelve months after the birth of the child, a stillbirth, a miscarriage\nresulting in termination of pregnancy, or termination of the pregnancy,\nwith a beneficiary or beneficiaries of their choosing, to be paid for by\nthe intended parent or parents.\n
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