; and (2) supporting the improvement of existing statewide or regional maternal health care telehealth access programs described in subsection (b). (b) Statewide or regional maternal health care telehealth access programs A maternal health care telehealth access program described in this section, with respect to which an award under subsection (a) may be used, shall— (1) be a statewide or regional network of maternal health care teams that provide urgent support to rural non-obstetric settings of care; (2) support and further develop organized State or regional networks of maternal health care teams to provide urgent consultative support to rural non-obstetric settings of care; (3) conduct an assessment of urgent maternal health consultation needs among providers in rural non-obstetric settings of care; (4) provide assurances that the physicians responsive to the tele-consultation line are credentialed within their employing facility and can provide consultation where the patient is receiving care consistent with State requirements to provide care to individuals experiencing labor, delivery, obstetric hemorrhage, severe hypertension in pregnancy and postpartum, cardiac conditions related to or exacerbated by pregnancy, perinatal mental health conditions, substance use during pregnancy or the postpartum period, sepsis during pregnancy or after pregnancy end, or other conditions, as appropriate; (5) provide rapid statewide or regional clinical telephone or telehealth consultations when requested between the maternal care teams and providers in rural emergency non-obstetric settings