; and (2) protections from all inappropriate internal use by an entity that collects, stores, or receives the data, including use of such data in determinations of eligibility (or continued eligibility) in health plans, and from inappropriate uses. (d) Indian Health Service The Director of the Indian Health Service and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall consult with Indian Tribes and confer with urban Indian organizations on data collection and reporting for purposes of this section. (e) Data collection guidance The Secretary shall issue guidance to States and local public health departments to ensure that all relevant demographic data, including pregnancy and postpartum status, are collected and included when sending COVID–19 testing specimen to laboratories, and State and local health departments and Indian Tribes are disaggregating data on COVID–19 status in data on maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. The Secretary shall ensure that the guidance is developed in consultation with Indian Tribes to ensure that it includes tribally developed best practices on reducing misclassification of American Indian and Alaska Native people in Federal, State, and local public health surveillance systems. 6. Inclusion of pregnant people and lactating people in vaccine and therapeutic development for COVID–19 (a) In general The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall— (1) support and advance the responsible inclusion of pregnant and lactating people in COVID–19 therapeutic and vaccine clinical trials when safe and appropriate; (2) prioritize the implementation of final recommendations made by the Task Force on Research Specific to Pregnant Women and Lactating Women to improve the inclusion of pregnant and lactating people in clinical research when safe and appropriate, particularly as these recommendations apply to the development and issuance of safe and effective COVID–19 therapeutics and vaccines