1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Maternal and Obstetric Modernization of Services Act or the Rural MOMS Act . 2. Improving rural maternal and obstetric care data (a) Maternal mortality and morbidity activities Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 241 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) as subsections (f) through (i), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (d), the following: (e) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to maternal mortality and morbidity. . (b) Office of Women's Health Section 310A(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 242s(b)(1) ) is amended by inserting sociocultural, and geographic contexts, after biological, . (c) Safe motherhood Section 317K(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–12(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (K), by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating subparagraph (L) as subparagraph (M); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (K), the following: (L) an examination of the relationship between maternal and obstetric health services in rural areas and outcomes in delivery and postpartum care; and . (d) Office of Research on Women's Health Section 486 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 287d ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (9) as paragraphs (5) through (10), respectively; (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) carry out paragraphs (1) and (2) with respect to pregnancy, with priority given to deaths related to pregnancy; ; and (C) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking through (3) and inserting through (4)