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This bill aims to improve maternal health outcomes for incarcerated individuals through several key provisions: 1. It requires states that receive certain federal law enforcement grants to have laws restricting the use of restraints on pregnant individuals in prison that are substantially similar to federal law, or face a reduction in grant funding. 2. It directs the Attorney General to establish programs in at least 6 Bureau of Prisons facilities to optimize maternal health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals, including providing access to perinatal health workers, healthy foods, counseling, and mental health and substance use treatment. 3. It creates a grant program for states to establish or expand similar programs in state and local prisons and jails. 4. It requires a GAO report on adverse maternal and infant health outcomes among incarcerated individuals, with a focus on racial and ethnic disparities. 5. It requires a Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) report on the implications of pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals being ineligible for Medicaid coverage. The overall goal is to improve the standard of care and health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals, particularly those from racial and ethnic minority groups.

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