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750 ILCS 47/10 (2026)

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(750 ILCS 47/10)
    Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
    "Compensation" means payment of any valuable consideration for services in excess of reasonable medical and ancillary costs.
    "Donor" means a person who provides gametes intended for use in assisted reproduction, whether or not for compensation. "Donor" does not include a person who is a parent under Article 7 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 or an intended parent under this Act.
    "Gamete" means either a sperm or an egg.
    "Gestational surrogacy" means the process by which a woman or person attempts to become pregnant and give birth to a child conceived through in vitro fertilization and to which the gestational surrogate has made no genetic contribution.
    "Gestational surrogate" means a woman or person who agrees to engage in a gestational surrogacy.
    "Gestational surrogacy agreement" means a written agreement regarding gestational surrogacy.
    "Health care provider" means a person who is duly licensed to provide health care, including all medical, psychological, or counseling professionals.
    "Intended parent" means a person who consents to assisted reproduction, including a gestational surrogacy agreement, such that the person is a legal parent of the resulting child. "Intended parent" includes, in the case of a married couple, both spouses for all purposes of this Act.
    "In vitro fertilization" means all medical and laboratory procedures that are necessary to effectuate the extracorporeal fertilization of egg and sperm.
    "Medical evaluation" means an evaluation and consultation of a physician meeting the requirements of Section 60.
    "Mental health evaluation" means an evaluation and consultation of a mental health professional meeting the requirements of Section 60.
    "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in the state in which they practice.
    "Pre-embryo" means a fertilized egg prior to 14 days of development.
    "Pre-embryo transfer" means all medical and laboratory procedures that are necessary to effectuate the transfer of a pre-embryo into the uterine cavity.
(Source: P.A. 104-448, eff. 12-12-25.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2008–2022 · leading case: In re Marriage of Katsap, 2022 IL App (2d) 210706 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022).
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In re Marriage of Katsap, 2022 IL App (2d) 210706 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 2× “Compare 750 ILCS 47/10 (West 2020) (providing no definition) with 750 ILCS 46/103(p), 204 (West 2020) (defining presumed parent when a child is born).”
Miller v. Am. Infertility Grp., 897 N.E.2d 837 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “” The circuit court used the term pre-embryo as it is defined in the Gestational Surrogacy Act (750 ILCS 47/10 (West 2006)), i.e., “a fertilized egg prior to 14 days of development.”
In re Marriage of Dee J., 2018 IL App (2d) 170532 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “) 750 ILCS 47/10 (West 2014). Because there is a biological connection between Dee and A.”
Miller v. Am. Infertility Grp. of Illinois, S. C. (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “" The circuit court used the term pre-embryo as it is defined in the Gestational Surrogacy Act (750 ILCS 47/10 (West 2006)), i.e., "a fertilized egg prior to 14 days of development.”
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