or ethnicity or with providers with great ability to exercise empathy. However, the provider pool is not primed with many people of color, nor are providers (whether student-doctors in training or licensed practitioners) consistently required to undergo implicit bias, cultural competency, or empathy training on a consistent, on-going basis. 3. Improving Federal efforts with respect to prevention of maternal mortality (a) Technical assistance for States with respect to reporting maternal mortality Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this section as the Director ) shall provide technical assistance to States that elect to report on maternal mortality for the purpose of encouraging uniformity in the reporting of such data and to encourage the sharing of such data among the respective States. (b) Best practices relating to prevention of maternal mortality Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue best practices to State maternal mortality review committees on how best to identify, review, and prevent maternal mortality. In issuing such best practices, the Director shall take into account any data made available by States relating to maternal mortality. (c) Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Grant Program (1) In general Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall establish a grant program to be known as the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Grant Program (referred to in this subsection as AIM ) under which the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of directing widespread adoption and implementation of maternal safety bundles through collaborative State-based teams and collecting and analyzing process, structure, and