(g) REPORT.—Not later than 7 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall sub-
mit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report describing the re-
sults of such grant programs. 
(h) OVERSIGHT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
award a contract to an independent organization or inde-
pendent organizations to conduct oversight of the pro-
grams described in subsection (c). 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 
SEC. 6. GAO REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 
on adverse maternal health outcomes among incarcerated 
individuals, with a particular focus on racial and ethnic 
disparities in maternal health outcomes for incarcerated 
individuals. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report described in 
this section shall include— 
(1) to the extent practicable— 
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(A) the number of incarcerated individuals, 
including those incarcerated in Federal, State, 
and local correctional facilities, who have expe-
rienced a pregnancy-related death or preg-
nancy-associated death in the most recent 10 
years of available data; 
(B) the number of cases of severe maternal 
morbidity among incarcerated individuals, in-
cluding those incarcerated in Federal, State, 
and local detention facilities, in the most recent 
year of available data; and 
(C) statistics on the racial and ethnic dis-
parities in maternal and infant health outcomes 
and severe maternal morbidity rates among in-
carcerated individuals, including those incarcer-
ated in Federal, State, and local detention fa-
cilities; 
(2) in the case that the Comptroller General of 
the United States is unable determine the informa-
tion required in paragraphs (1) through (4), an as-
sessment of the barriers to determining such infor-
mation and recommendations for improvements in 
tracking maternal health outcomes among incarcer-
ated individuals, including those incarcerated in 
Federal, State, and local detention facilities; 
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(3) causes of adverse maternal health outcomes 
that are unique to incarcerated individuals, including 
those incarcerated in Federal, State, and local deten-
tion facilities; 
(4) causes of adverse maternal health outcomes 
and severe maternal morbidity that are unique to in-
carcerated individuals of color; 
(5) recommendations to reduce maternal mor-
tality and severe maternal morbidity among incar-
cerated individuals and to address racial and ethnic 
disparities in maternal health outcomes for incarcer-
ated individuals in Bureau of Prisons facilities and 
State and local prisons and jails; and 
(6) such other information as may be appro-
priate to reduce the occurrence of adverse maternal 
health outcomes among incarcerated individuals and 
to address racial and ethnic disparities in maternal 
health outcomes for such individuals. 
SEC. 7. MACPAC REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Medicaid and CHIP 
Payment and Access Commission (referred to in this sec-
tion as ‘‘MACPAC’’) shall publish a report on the implica-
tions of pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals 
being ineligible for medical assistance under a State plan 
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under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396 et seq.). 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report described in 
this section shall include— 
(1) information on the effect of ineligibility for 
medical assistance under a State plan under title 
XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et 
seq.) on maternal health outcomes for pregnant and 
postpartum incarcerated individuals, concentrating 
on the effects of such ineligibility for pregnant and 
postpartum individuals of color; and 
(2) the potential implications on maternal 
health outcomes resulting from suspending eligibility 
for medical assistance under a State plan under 
such title of such Act when a pregnant or 
postpartum individual is incarcerated. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CULTURALLY CONGRUENT.—The term ‘‘cul-
turally congruent’’ means in agreement with the pre-
ferred cultural values, beliefs, worldview, and prac-
tices of the health care consumer and other stake-
holders. 
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(2) POSTPARTUM.—The term ‘‘postpartum’’ 
means the one-year period beginning on the last day 
of an individual’s pregnancy. 
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