Requires hospitals to tell parents about options for miscarried or stillborn fetuses
This bill would require hospitals and birth centers to inform parents of miscarried or stillborn fetuses about their rights for burial, cremation, or facility disposal. Parents would get this information within 6 hours or upon discharge, and facilities would have to honor their choices within 72 hours. This changes current law, which doesn't explicitly require such notifications or specific timelines.
Currently, hospitals and freestanding birth centers are not explicitly required to tell parents about their options for miscarried or stillborn fetuses, nor is there a set timeline for notification. This bill would require these facilities to inform parents of their rights to burial, cremation, or facility disposal within 6 hours or upon discharge, and would mandate that facilities honor parental elections for burial or cremation within 72 hours according to State law.
HR 8784 · 119th Congress · May 13, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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