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Committee hears bill to require bereavement training and bereavement devices for hospitals after stillbirths and neonatal deaths
Summary
House Bill 37 would create a perinatal bereavement initiative at DSHS requiring maternity‑level hospitals to offer bereavement counseling and, when available, cooling devices that allow families time with a stillborn or neonatal‑loss baby; multiple parents testified in support and the committee left the bill pending.
The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services heard House Bill 37, presented by Senator Huffman, to create a perinatal bereavement care initiative administered by the Texas Department of State Health Services and to require hospitals with a maternal level of care designation to offer bereavement counseling and make available devices that preserve an infant’s body during a medically recommended hospital stay.
Sponsor Sen. Huffman told the committee the bill, titled “Everly’s Law” in testimony, would prioritize hospitals that lacked cooling devices,…
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