Sec. 205. GAO report
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Not later than 2 years after date of enactment of this Act and every 2 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Congress and make publicly available a report on the establishment of respectful maternity care compliance offices supported under section 204 within hospitals, health systems, and other maternity care settings. The report under subsection
(a)shall include the following: Information regarding the extent to which hospitals, health systems, and other maternity care settings have elected to establish respectful maternity care compliance offices supported under section 204, including— which hospitals and other birth settings elect to establish compliance offices and when such offices are established; to the extent practicable, impacts of the establishment of such offices on maternal health outcomes and patient and family experiences in the hospitals and other birth settings that have established such offices, especially for minority women and their families; information on geographic areas, and types of hospitals or other birth settings, where respectful maternity care compliance offices are not being established and information on factors contributing to decisions to not establish such offices; and recommendations for establishing respectful maternity care compliance offices in geographic areas, and types of hospitals or other birth settings, where such offices are not being established. Whether the funding made available to carry out section 204 has been sufficient and, if applicable, recommendations for additional appropriations to carry out such section. Such other information as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.