Texas HB37 establishes requirements for perinatal palliative care in certain hospitals, including counseling and cooling devices, and creates a grant.

Texas HB37 mandates that hospitals with a maternal level of care designation provide perinatal palliative care counseling and cooling devices to parents and family members following a perinatal death or stillbirth. It establishes a perinatal palliative care grant program to improve access and quality of care, and a hospital recognition program for those providing perinatal palliative care training. The Health and Human Services Commission is tasked with implementing these provisions.

Texas HB37 establishes requirements for perinatal palliative care in certain hospitals, including counseling and cooling devices, and creates a grant.

Texas HB37 mandates that hospitals with a maternal level of care designation provide perinatal palliative care counseling and cooling devices to parents and family members following a perinatal death or stillbirth. It establishes a perinatal palliative care grant program to improve access and quality of care, and a hospital recognition program for those providing perinatal palliative care training. The Health and Human Services Commission is tasked with implementing these provisions.