6. Is donation of sperm/oocyte/embryos permitted in your country? 

No

7. Are there specific compensation arrangements for such donations? 

NA

8. Are there specific criteria for donation of sperm/oocytes/embryos? 

NA

9. Are there specific non-medical criteria for selection of gametes/embryos to be used for MAP? 

NA

10. Are there special measures for teh prevention of consanguinity? 

NA

11. In a homosexual couple, is a legal relationship possible between a child and the partner of the legal parent? MAP legal only for heterosexual couples

2. Are these specific criteria for access to MAP?

Medical reasons:

 a. Infertility

i. for a heterosexual couple? Yes

ii. for women not living in a heterosexual couple? Currently no, but envisaged for single woman in the new draft legislation.

b. Risk of transmission of a disease (please specify the risk and/or disease)

i. for a heterosexual couple? No

ii. for women not living in a heterosexual couple? No

1. Is access to medically assisted procreation (MAP) 

a. restrictd to heterosexual couples? Yes

b. possible for women not living in a heterosexal coupe? Currently No, but envisaged in the new draft legislation.

Bosnia and Herzegovina still have no specific legislation on MAP covering entire country. Currently, MAP is regulated by the Health Insurance legislation bylaws (in both B&H entities: Federation BiH and Respublika Srpska and Brcko District BiH), mainly regulating the rights of the couple to reimbursement of IVF costs for two procedures.

Date of adoption and entry into force:

Federation BIH:  Decision on Establishment of Basic Patients Rights http://mz.ks.gov.ba/sites/mz.ks.gov.ba/files/Odluka%20o%20utvrdjivanju%20Osnovnog%20paketa%20slnFBiH21-09.pdf  chapter X (11.,12.) 

Adopted on 19. March 2009, in force as of 01.04.2009

Published in: Službene novine Federacije BiH”, 21/09 of 01. 04.2009.

In the entity Republika Srpska  and Brcko district, Health Insurance Fund endorse the budget for MAP each year, depending on the funds availability

Indicate if process of revision is ongoing and, in your answers, provide information on provision in the draft law

MAP as a medical procedure is well established both in public and private sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A draft Law on Medically Assisted Reproduction in the entity Federation B&H, after two years of preparation by the Federal Ministry of Health, and  extensive public debate, has been rejected by the Parliament of Federation B&H in June 2014 https://www.google.ba/#q=+nacrt+zakon+o+biomedicinski+potpomognutoj+oplodnji

In 2016.  B&H state level Parliamentary Group on Gender Equality drafted the B&H Framework Law on MAP (Setting standards for the entire country); however, despite support  by the Council of Ministers of B&H, it has  been rejected by Constitution-legal Commission of the House of Representatives,  not for the content, due to  for political reasons . http://static.parlament.ba/doc/46496_ZAKON%20O%20LIJE%c4%8cENJU%20NEPLODNOSTI_BIH%20%20nacrt_%20pre%c4%8di%c5%a1%c4%87eni%20(1). (July 2016)

Currently  (January 2017) the  new   draft law  on MAP (proposed by the Socialist Democrat Party MS) is  in the Parliamentary procedure in B&H Entity Federation BIH,   while  the Draft of the MAP law prepared by the competent Ministry of Health will be on the Parliament agenda in 2017 as well.

16. Is donation of sperm/oocytes/embryos anonymous?

NA

17. Is it possible to obtain information about the biological origin of a child born after gametes or embryo donation? 

i. For the child him or herself NA

ii. For the parents NA

iii. For a court NA

18. Is it possible to contest maternity and paternity of children born utilising MAP and under which conditions? 

NA

19. Is there and important current debate in your country on these or related issues? 

Yes. As stated above, the issue of MAP is very high on political and public agenda in B&H, however no specific legislation has been approved so far, explicitly due to the opposition of conservative parties and influence of church. The main debate and controversy are around granting the rights to MAP to single women, as well as the issues of heterologous procreation (sperm/oocyte donation).

20. Delegations are invited to provide information on particular cases encountered in their country. NA

3. Are MAP procedures covered by the social secutiry system? 

Yes, currently only for 2 procedures in the entities Federation BiH, Republika Srpska and Brcko district.

4. Are there specific criteria for such coverage? 

Yes, Infertility, age limitation (37 in FBIH, 41 in RS).

5. Is the financial coverage limited to a number of MAP procedures? 

Yes, 2 procedures