; (B) assess the extent to which public and private insurers were providing coverage for maternal health care during the public health emergency, including for telehealth services; (C) to the extent practicable, analyze maternal and infant health outcomes by race and ethnicity (including quality of care, mortality, morbidity, cesarean section rates, preterm birth, prevalence of prenatal and postpartum anxiety and depression) during the COVID–19 public health emergency and the impact of Federal and State policy changes made in response to the COVID–19 pandemic on such outcomes; (D) identify contributors to population-based disparities seen in COVID–19 outcomes, such as racial profiling of, and bias and discrimination against Black, American Indian and Alaska Native, Latinx, and Asian American and Pacific Islander people; and (E) review the impact of increased unemployment, paid family leave, changes in health care coverage, and other social determinants of health for pregnant and postpartum people during the public health emergency. (2) Consultation with maternity care providers, maternal mental and behavioral health care specialists, researchers who specialize in women’s health or maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, people who experienced pregnancy or childbirth during the COVID–19 public health emergency, representatives from community-based organizations that address maternal health, and perinatal health workers who provide nonclinical support to pregnant and postpartum people (such as a doula, community health worker, peer support, certified lactation consultant, nutritionist or dietician, social worker, home visitor, or navigator). (3) Recommendations to improve the public health emergency response and preparedness efforts of the Federal Government specific to maternal health, with a particular focus on outcomes for minority women, including— (A) ways to improve research, surveillance, and data collection of the Federal Government related to maternal health