Sec. 203. Study on reducing and preventing bias, racism, and discrimination in maternity care settings
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall seek to enter into an agreement, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to in this section as the National Academies ) under which the National Academies agree to— conduct a study on the design and implementation of programs to reduce and prevent bias, racism, and discrimination in maternity care settings; and not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, complete the study and transmit a report on the results of the study to the Congress. The agreement entered into pursuant to subsection
(a)may provide for the study of any of the following: The development of a scorecard for programs designed to reduce and prevent bias, racism, and discrimination in maternity care settings to assess the effectiveness of such programs in improving patient outcomes and patient experience for women of color and their families. Determination of the types of training to reduce and prevent bias, racism, and discrimination in maternity care settings that are demonstrated to improve patient outcomes or patient experience for women of color and their families.