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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

3 of Health and Human Services shall survey States

4 that have elected the option under section 1947 of

5 the Social Security Act, as added by section (a), on

6 the nature, extent, and use of such option, particu-

7 larly as it pertains to—

8 (A) terms of pregnancies;

9 (B) use of prenatal fetal monitoring;

10 (C) use of Caesarean section procedures;

11 (D) use of neonatal intensive care services;

12 (E) incidence of birthing complications;

13 (F) incidence of infant and maternal mor-

14 tality;

15 (G) coordination of maternal-fetal and neo-

16 natal care for individuals;

17 (H) assessment of program implementa-

18 tion;

19 (I) processes and lessons learned (as de-

20 scribed in subparagraph (B));

21 (J) assessment of quality improvements

22 and clinical outcomes under such option; and

23 (K) participating mothers’ assessment of

24 performance, quality, convenience, and satisfac-
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