The bill, titled H.B. No. 2058, aims to establish a framework for perinatal palliative care services in Texas by adding Chapter 328 to the Health and Safety Code. It mandates that hospitals with a maternal level of care designation provide perinatal palliative care counseling and access to a perinatal palliative care cooling device to families following a perinatal death or stillbirth. The bill also introduces a perinatal palliative care grant program, which will be administered by the Health and Human Services Commission, allowing designated hospitals to receive funding for training personnel and acquiring necessary equipment.

Additionally, the bill establishes a hospital recognition program to acknowledge hospitals that provide training in perinatal palliative care. The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission is tasked with developing rules for both the grant and recognition programs, including eligibility criteria and a scoring system for grant awards. The provisions of this act are set to take effect on September 1, 2025.

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