Sec. 5. GAO report on barriers to maternity care
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Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act and every five years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on barriers to maternity care in the United States. Such report shall include the information and recommendations described in subsection (b). The report under subsection
(a)shall include— an assessment of current barriers to entering accredited midwifery education programs, and recommendations for addressing such barriers, particularly for low-income and minority women; an assessment of current barriers to entering accredited education programs for other maternity care professional careers, including obstetrician-gynecologists, family physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists, particularly for low-income and minority women; an assessment of current barriers that prevent midwives from meeting the international definition of the midwife and global standards for midwifery education as established by the International Confederation of Midwives, and recommendations for addressing such barriers, particularly for low-income and minority women; and recommendations to promote greater equity in compensation for perinatal health workers, particularly for such individuals from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds.