; (vii) the strengths and weaknesses of the Prenatal and Postpartum Care measures of the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set measures established by the National Committee for Quality Assurance; (viii) the strengths and weaknesses of maternity care quality measures under the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) and the Children’s Health Insurance Program under title XXI of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.), including the extent to which States voluntarily report relevant measures; (ix) the extent to which maternity care quality measures are informed by patient experiences that include subjective measures of patient-reported experience of care; (x) the current processes for collecting stratified data on the race and ethnicity of pregnant and postpartum women in hospitals, health systems, and birth centers, and for incorporating such racially and ethnically stratified data in maternity care quality measures; (xi) the extent to which maternity care quality measures account for the unique experiences of minority women and their families; and (xii) the extent to which hospitals, health systems, and birth centers are implementing existing maternity care quality measures. (D) Recommendations on authorizing additional funds to improve maternal mortality review committees and relevant maternal health initiatives by the agencies and organizations within the Department of Health and Human Services. (E) Recommendations for new authorities that may be granted to maternal mortality review committees to be able to— (i) access records from other Federal and State agencies and departments that may be necessary to identify causes of pregnancy-associated deaths that are unique to women from specific populations, such as women veterans and women who are incarcerated