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32 BYBYSENATORSMCMATH,ABRAHAM,ALLAIN,BARROW,BARTHELEMY,BASS, SENATORSBOUDREAUX, MCMATH,CARTER, BOUDREAUX,CATHEY, CLOUD, CONNICK, DUPLESSIS, EDMONDS, FESI, FOIL, HARRIS, HENRY, HENSGENS, HODGES, JACKSON-ANDREWS, OWENJENKINS, KLEINPETER, LAMBERT, LUNEAU, MILLER, MIZELL, MORRIS, MYERS,OWEN,PRESSLY,PRICE,REESE,SEABAUGH,SELDERS, STINE, TALBOT, WHEAT AND PRESSLYWOMACK HEALTH/HOSPITALSAND DEPT.REPRESENTATIVES ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, BAMBURG, BAYHAM, BEAULLIEU, BERAULT, BILLINGS, BOUDREAUX, BOURRIAQUE, BOYD, BOYER, BRASS, BRAUD, BROUSSARD, BRYANT,CARRIER,ROBBYCARTER,CHASSION,CHENEVERT, COATES, COX, DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER, DEWITT, DICKERSON, DOMANGUE,EGAN,FISHER,FONTENOT,FREEMAN,FREIBERG, GADBERRY, GLORIOSO, CHANCE HENRY, DANA HENRY, HILFERTY,HORTON,ILLG,JACKSON,MIKEJOHNSON,TRAVIS JOHNSON, KERNER, KNOX, LACOMBE, LAFLEUR, JACOB LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MACK, MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, MCMAHEN, MCMAKIN, MELERINE, MENA, MILLER, MOORE, MURRAY, MUSCARELLO, NEWELL, ORGERON, OWEN, SAWYER, SCHAMERHORN, SCHLEGEL, SPELL, ST.

EstablishesBLANC, aSTAGNI, PerinatalTAYLOR, BereavementTURNER, CareVENTRELLA, InitiativeVILLIO,WALTERS,WILDER,WILEY,WRIGHT,WYBLE,YOUNG withinAND ZERINGUE AN ACT To amend and reenactthe headingof Part XII-A of Chapter 5-BofTitle40 of the Louisiana DepartmentRevised Statutes of Health.1950 and to enact R.S.

(8/1/26) AN ACT To amend and reenactthe headingof Part XII-A of Chapter 5-BofTitle 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and to enact R.S.

There is hereby established within the Louisiana Department of Health, office on women's health and community health, the Perinatal BereavementPage Care1 Initiative.of 3 Coding:

The department shall administer the initiative to improve access to and the quality of perinatal bereavement care in the state.

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32 B.ENROLLED Bereavement Care Initiative.

The officedepartment shall coordinateadminister with the Commissioninitiative onto Perinatalimprove Careaccess to and Preventionthe quality of Infantperinatal Mortalitybereavement andcare nonprofitin organizations to provide the followingresourcestohospitalswithamaternityunitorneonatalintensivecarestate. unit:

B.

The office shall coordinate with the Commission on Perinatal Care and Prevention of Infant Mortality and nonprofit organizations to provide all of the following resources to hospitals with a maternity unit or neonatal intensive care unit:

(2)(2)(a) A perinatal cooling device that is available to any family that experiences an intrauterine fetal demise, neonatal death, stillbirth, or infant death at the hospital.

(3)(b) Education for staff on use of a perinatalcooling device.Any nursing staff using a perinatal cooling device shall either receive training on use of the device.device or complete a perinatal bereavement certificate program.

Any(3) nursingAssistance staffidentifying usingavailable a perinatal coolingbereavement deviceservices shallfor eitherparents receiveand trainingfamily onmembers, useincluding ofgrief thecounseling deviceand orsupport completegroups. a perinatal bereavement certificate program.

(4)Identifyingavailableperinatalbereavementservicesforparentsand family members, including grief counseling and support groups.

The report shall include a list of the hospitals that meetthecriteriafortheinitiative, thehospitals thathaveparticipated,funding received and utilized for the initiative, the number of perinatal cooling devices Page 2 of 3 Coding:

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32 ENROLLED received and utilized for the initiative, the number of perinatal cooling devices distributed, and training completed by the appropriate hospital staff.

ThePRESIDENT originalOF instrumentTHE andSENATE theSPEAKER followingOF digest,THE whichHOUSE constitutesOF noREPRESENTATIVES partGOVERNOR ofOF theTHE legislativeSTATE instrument,OF wereLOUISIANA preparedAPPROVED: bySenate Legislative Services.

The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.

[R.S.

1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 32 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session McMath Proposed law establishes a Perinatal Bereavement Care Initiative within the La.

Dept.

of Health, office on women's health and community health.

Proposed law requires the office to coordinate with the Commission on Perinatal Care and PreventionofInfantMortalityandnonprofitorganizationstoprovideperinatalbereavement resources to hospitals that provide maternity care or neonatal intensive care unit.

Proposedlawrequirestheofficetoprioritizehospitalsthatlackaccesstoaperinatalcooling device, treat a high number of high-risk maternal patients, and deliver a high number of babies.

Proposed law authorizes the La.

Dept.

of Health to seek and receive federal funds, gifts, grants, and donations for purposes of implementing proposed law.

Proposed law requires the La.

Dept.

of Health to submit an annual progress report on the progress of the initiative beginning Feb.

1, 2027, through Feb.

1, 2030, to the Senate and House committees on health and welfare.

Proposedlawprovidesthatproposedlawshallbeknownandmaybecitedas"Angel'sLaw".

Effective August 1, 2026.

(Amends the heading of Part XII-A of Ch.

5-B of Title 40 of the La.

Revised Statutes of 1950;