| 1 | 1 | | 89R2948 KKR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Plesa H.B. No. 2058 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to perinatal palliative care provided by certain |
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| 10 | 10 | | hospitals, a perinatal palliative care grant program, and a |
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| 11 | 11 | | perinatal palliative care hospital recognition program. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle G, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Chapter 328 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | CHAPTER 328. PERINATAL PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 328.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services |
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| 18 | 18 | | Commission. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive |
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| 20 | 20 | | commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) "Grant program" means the perinatal palliative |
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| 22 | 22 | | care grant program established under Section 328.003. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (4) "Hospital" means a hospital licensed under Chapter |
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| 24 | 24 | | 241. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5) "Perinatal palliative care" means the provision of |
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| 26 | 26 | | supportive care to reduce the suffering of parents and family |
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| 27 | 27 | | members following a perinatal death or stillbirth. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (6) "Perinatal palliative care cooling device" means a |
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| 29 | 29 | | medical device, including a blanket or cradle, with a cooling |
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| 30 | 30 | | mechanism to slow naturally occurring changes to the body following |
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| 31 | 31 | | death. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (7) "Recognition program" means the hospital |
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| 33 | 33 | | recognition program established under Section 328.004. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Sec. 328.002. PERINATAL PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES REQUIRED |
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| 35 | 35 | | IN CERTAIN HOSPITALS. A hospital assigned a maternal level of care |
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| 36 | 36 | | designation under Section 241.182 shall, following a perinatal |
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| 37 | 37 | | death or stillbirth, make available to the expectant parents and |
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| 38 | 38 | | family members: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) perinatal palliative care counseling; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) a perinatal palliative care cooling device. |
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| 41 | 41 | | Sec. 328.003. PERINATAL PALLIATIVE CARE GRANT PROGRAM. (a) |
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| 42 | 42 | | The executive commissioner by rule shall establish and the |
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| 43 | 43 | | commission shall administer a perinatal palliative care grant |
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| 44 | 44 | | program to improve the access to and quality of perinatal |
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| 45 | 45 | | palliative care in this state. The commission may award grants to |
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| 46 | 46 | | hospitals assigned a maternal level of care designation under |
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| 47 | 47 | | Section 241.182 for the hospital's provision of perinatal |
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| 48 | 48 | | palliative care. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (b) A hospital awarded money under the grant program may use |
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| 50 | 50 | | the money only for the reasonable costs, as determined by |
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| 51 | 51 | | commission rule, of: |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) training hospital personnel who provide maternal |
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| 53 | 53 | | care on interacting with parents and family members in a |
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| 54 | 54 | | considerate and respectful manner following a perinatal death or |
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| 55 | 55 | | stillbirth; and |
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| 56 | 56 | | (2) obtaining and maintaining a perinatal palliative |
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| 57 | 57 | | care cooling device and training personnel on use of the device. |
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| 58 | 58 | | (c) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish |
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| 59 | 59 | | eligibility criteria and a scoring system for awarding grants under |
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| 60 | 60 | | the grant program to hospitals assigned a maternal level of care |
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| 61 | 61 | | designation under Section 241.182. |
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| 62 | 62 | | (d) The commission may accept gifts, grants, and donations |
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| 63 | 63 | | from any source for the purposes of the grant program. |
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| 64 | 64 | | Sec. 328.004. HOSPITAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM. The executive |
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| 65 | 65 | | commissioner by rule, in collaboration with the Palliative Care |
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| 66 | 66 | | Interdisciplinary Advisory Council established under Chapter 118, |
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| 67 | 67 | | shall: |
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| 68 | 68 | | (1) develop and implement a program to recognize |
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| 69 | 69 | | hospitals assigned a maternal level of care designation under |
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| 70 | 70 | | Section 241.182 that provide perinatal palliative care training to |
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| 71 | 71 | | hospital personnel; and |
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| 72 | 72 | | (2) adopt criteria for awarding recognition to a |
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| 73 | 73 | | hospital under the recognition program. |
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| 74 | 74 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 75 | 75 | | of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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| 76 | 76 | | Services Commission shall adopt rules to implement Chapter 328, |
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| 77 | 77 | | Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 78 | 78 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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