GA HB1250

Hospitals receiving state funding for perinatal bereavement care must offer counseling resources and perinatal bereavement devices to parents and family members following a fetal death, neonatal death, or stillbirth for the duration of the recommended hospital stay

Department of Public Health will establish a perinatal bereavement care initiative to provide hospitals with staff training on compassionate interactions with grieving families, bereavement devices capable of preserving remains for up to 72 hours, and device maintenance support

Priority for initiative resources goes to hospitals lacking bereavement devices, those treating more high-risk pregnancies, and facilities with comparatively high birth volumes

The Department, working with the Georgia Perinatal Quality Collaborative, will create a recognition program for hospitals providing perinatal bereavement care

Act becomes effective only upon appropriation of funds; if no funds are appropriated by July 1, 2029, the Act is automatically repealed