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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah establishes birthing-facility bereavement rules and medical training for pregnancy and infant loss
Last action · March 18, 2026: Governor SignedSponsors: Ryan Wilcox and 1 other
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What This Bill Does
Utah requires health care facilities with birthing services to follow new bereavement rules for pregnancy and infant loss to maintain their license, and creates optional continuing-education bereavement training for health care providers.
Birthing facilities must comply with new state-mandated bereavement practices as a condition of keeping their operating license, while emergency, obstetrics, and labor professionals gain the option to count specialized grief training toward continuing education credits.
- State legislatures periodically update health facility licensing requirements and continuing education frameworks to address specialized clinical areas such as bereavement care. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Health care facilities that provide birthing services
Must comply with new bereavement rules and procedures as a mandatory condition for initial licensure or license renewal.
Health care professionals in emergency care, obstetrics, and labor and delivery
Gain access to optional bereavement training that can apply toward their continuing medical education credit requirements.
Parents and individuals experiencing pregnancy or infant loss
Receive statutory protections ensuring facility treatment with dignity and compassion, including potential access to keepsakes, grief counseling, and cooling devices.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if a health care facility providing birthing services fails to follow the new bereavement rules?
Are health care providers required to take the new bereavement training?
Which medical professionals are eligible to use the training for continuing education credits?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
45 actions- Mar 18, 2026Lieutenant Governor's office for filingEnrolledGovernor Signed
- Mar 12, 2026HouseHouse/ to Governor
- Mar 12, 2026HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- Mar 11, 2026HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
- Mar 11, 2026Clerk of the HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- Mar 6, 2026Legislative Research and General Counsel / EnrollingDraft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
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- Mar 6, 2026Legislative Research and General Counsel / EnrollingBill Received from House for Enrolling
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ to House
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
- Mar 6, 2026SenateFloorSenate/ passed 3rd reading
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
- Mar 3, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
- Mar 3, 2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar
- Mar 2, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- Mar 2, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 27, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0559S01
- Feb 27, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0559S01
- Feb 27, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Feb 27, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0559S01
- Feb 26, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 26, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Feb 24, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Feb 24, 2026HouseFloorHouse/ passed 3rd reading
- Feb 24, 2026HouseHouse/ floor amendment
- Feb 24, 2026HouseHouse/ substituted
- Feb 24, 2026HouseHouse/ uncircled
- Feb 24, 2026HouseHouse/ circled
- Feb 24, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Feb 24, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0559S01
- Feb 24, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0559S01
- Feb 19, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Feb 19, 2026HouseHouse/ committee report favorable
- Feb 18, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 18, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 18, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0559
- Feb 18, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0559
- Feb 17, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Feb 13, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 13, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 13, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0559
- Feb 13, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0559
- Feb 13, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 13, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
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Mandatory Facility Bereavement Standards
Conditioning facility licensure on specific pregnancy and infant loss bereavement protocols represents a new regulatory requirement for Utah birthing centers.
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le.utah.gov
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0–100- Significance60How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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