Act, to promote awareness of the availability of such 
plans and the benefits under such plans for specified 
health care services. 
(e) REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATIONS.—The Ombuds 
may request the Inspector General of the Department to 
conduct inspections, investigations, and audits related to 
any of the functions under subsection (d). 
(f) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.—The Ombuds 
shall comply with all applicable Federal privacy laws (and 
the regulations issued thereunder) in the collection, anal-
ysis, or release of any information or data, including in 
any reports issued under subsection (i). 
(g) COORDINATION WITH DEPARTMENT COMPO-
NENTS.—Not later than 60 days after a request from the 
Ombuds to the Secretary for records of the Department 
necessary to execute the functions of the Ombuds under 
subsection (d), the Secretary shall establish procedures to 
provide the Ombuds access to all such records. 
(h) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall take 
all appropriate actions to advise and engage with the pub-
lic regarding the existence, authorities, and duties of the 
Ombuds and the Ombuds’s office. 
(i) ANNUAL REPORTING.—Not later than June 30, 
2026, and each June 30 thereafter, the Ombuds shall sub-
mit to the Congress a report that— 
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(1) evaluates the efforts of the Ombuds (or the 
Secretary, as applicable) with respect to each of the 
functions specified in subsection (d); and 
(2) contains such other information as the Sec-
retary determines is appropriate. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘health plans and programs’’ re-
fers to any of the following: 
(A) Each Federal health care program (as 
defined in section 1128B of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b) but including the 
program established under chapter 89 of title 5, 
United States Code). 
(B) Health insurance coverage offered in 
the large group market (as such terms are de-
fined in section 2791 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–91)). 
(C) Health insurance coverage offered in 
the small group market (as so defined). 
(D) Health insurance coverage offered in 
the individual market (as so defined). 
(E) Self-insured group health plans. 
(2) The term ‘‘reproductive and sexual health 
misinformation’’ includes any information relating to 
reproductive and sexual health that is not evidence- 
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based or medically accurate, including inaccuracy in 
the provision of any related services. 
(3) The term ‘‘specified health care services’’ 
means evidence-based, medically accurate medical, 
surgical, counseling, or referral services relating to 
reproductive and sexual health, including services re-
lating to pregnancy and the termination of a preg-
nancy. 
(k) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed as authorizing the Ombuds to collect, 
or as requiring other Federal, State, local, or private enti-
ties to provide to the Ombuds, individually identifiable in-
formation about individual patients, including protected 
health information (as defined in section 160.103 of title 
45, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-
tions)) or individually identifiable health information (as 
defined in such section (or successor regulations)). 
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