42 U.S.C. § 263a–1 — Assisted reproductive technology programs

(a) Starting 2 years after October 24, 1992, every assisted reproductive technology program (as defined in section 263a–7 of this title) must report each year to the Secretary, through the Centers for Disease Control, the pregnancy success rates it achieved through each assisted reproductive technology it performs, and the identity of each embryo laboratory (as defined in section 263a–7) it uses, including whether that laboratory is certified under section 263a–2 or has applied for certification. (b) Pregnancy success rates: The Secretary, in consultation with the organizations named in subsection (c), must define "pregnancy success rates" and must make any proposed definition public in a way that lets anyone, including federal or other public agencies, comment while it's being developed. In writing the definition, the Secretary must account for how age, diagnosis, and other significant factors affect success rates, and must include: the basic live birth rate for each assisted reproductive technology a program performs, calculated by dividing the number of pregnancies resulting in live births by the number of ovarian stimulation procedures the program attempted; and the live birth rate per successful egg-retrieval procedure, calculated by dividing the number of pregnancies resulting in live births by the number of successful egg-retrieval procedures the program performed. (c) In developing the definition under subsection (b), the Secretary must consult with appropriate consumer and professional organizations experienced in using, providing, and evaluating the professional services and embryo laboratories connected with assisted reproductive technologies.