; or (B) a consortium of 3 entities that includes at least 2 entities described in subparagraph (A); and (2) agree to carry out the program described in subsection (a), in coordination with other federally funded maternal and child health programs, to the extent practicable, and in consultation with other maternal and child health programs in the same geographic area. (d) Definitions In this section— (1) the term maternity care health professional target area means a primary care health professional shortage area that is experiencing a shortage of maternity health care professionals, as identified under section 332(k); and (2) the term rural area has the meaning given such term by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. (e) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2028. . 4. Pilot program for teleconsultation Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b et seq. ), as amended by section 3, is further amended by inserting after section 330A–2 the following: 330A–4. Pilot program for teleconsultation (a) In general The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration and in consultation with the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall award grants or cooperative agreements to States, political subdivisions of States, and Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations (as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 )) to support the provision of urgent maternal health care in rural facilities without a dedicated obstetric unit, including by— (1) supporting the development of statewide or regional maternal health care telehealth access programs