1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernizing Obstetric Medicine Standards Act of 2018 or the MOMS Act . 2. Maternal mortality and morbidity prevention Section 317K of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–12 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (g); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Pregnancy and postpartum safety and monitoring practices and maternal mortality and morbidity prevention (1) Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health The Secretary, acting through the Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall establish a program, known as the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health program, to— (A) enter into a contract with an interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder, national organization promulgating a national data-driven maternal safety and quality improvement initiative based on evidence-based best practices to improve maternal safety and outcomes; (B) assist States with the development and implementation of postpartum safety and monitoring practices and maternal mortality and morbidity prevention, based on the best practices developed under paragraph (2); and (C) improve State-specific maternal health outcomes and reduce variation in response to maternity and postpartum care, in order to eliminate preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. (2) Best practices (A) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Modernizing Obstetric Medicine Standards Act of 2018 , the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall work with the contracting entity under paragraph (1)(A) to— (i) create and assist State-based collaborative teams in the implementation of standardized best practices, to be known as maternal safety bundles , for the purpose of maternal mortality and morbidity prevention