Title: To address maternity care shortages and promote optimal maternity outcomes
            by expanding educational opportunities for midwives, and for other
            purposes.

This Act may be cited as the   Midwives for Maximizing Optimal Maternity Services Act of 2025   or the   Midwives for MOMS Act of 2025  .

Title VII of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 760 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 294k ) the following:

The Secretary may award grants to institutions of higher education (as defined in subsections (a) and (b) of section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965) for the following:

Direct support of students in an accredited midwifery school or program.

Establishment or expansion of an accredited midwifery school or program.

Securing, preparing, or providing support for increasing the number of, qualified preceptors for training the students of an accredited midwifery school or program.

In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give special consideration to any institution of higher education that—

agrees to prioritize students who plan to practice in a health professional shortage area designated under section 332; and

demonstrates a focus on increasing racial and ethnic minority representation in midwifery education.

The Secretary shall not provide any assistance under this section to be used with respect to a midwifery school or program within a school of nursing (as defined in section 801).

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.

Of the amounts made available to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall use—

50 percent for subsection (a)(1);

25 percent for subsection (a)(2); and

25 percent for subsection (a)(3).

Section 799B(1)(A) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 295p(1)(A) ) is amended—

by inserting   midwifery school or program ,  before  and  school of chiropractic  ;

by inserting  a degree or certificate in midwifery or an equivalent degree or certificate,  before  and a degree of doctor of chiropractic or an equivalent degree ; and

by striking  any such school  and inserting  any such school or program .

Section 799B(1)(E) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 295p(1)(E) ) is amended by inserting  or a midwifery school or program,  before  or a graduate program in health administration .

Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 811 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 296j ) the following:

The Secretary may award grants to schools of nursing for the following:

Direct support of students in an accredited nurse-midwifery school or program.

Establishment or expansion of an accredited nurse-midwifery school or program.

Securing, preparing, or providing support for increasing the numbers of, preceptors at clinical training sites to precept students training to become certified nurse-midwives.

In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give special consideration to any school of nursing that—

agrees to prioritize students who choose to pursue an advanced education degree in nurse-midwifery to practice in a health professional shortage area designated under section 332; and

demonstrates a focus on increasing racial and ethnic minority representation in nurse-midwifery education.

To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.

Of the amounts made available to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall use—

50 percent for subsection (a)(1);

25 percent for subsection (a)(2); and

25 percent for subsection (a)(3).