; and (iii) recommendations to hospitals, health systems, midwifery practices, freestanding birth centers, other maternity care provider groups, managed care entities, and other insurers, for best practices in respectful and culturally and linguistically congruent maternity care. 3. Grants to grow and diversify the perinatal workforce Title VII of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 757 ( 42 U.S.C. 294f ) the following new section: 758. Perinatal workforce grants (a) In general The Secretary shall award grants to entities to establish or expand programs described in subsection (b) to grow and diversify the perinatal workforce. (b) Use of funds Recipients of grants under this section shall use the grants to grow and diversify the perinatal workforce by— (1) establishing accredited schools or programs that provide education and training to individuals seeking appropriate licensing and certification as— (A) physician assistants who will complete clinical training in the field of maternal and perinatal health; (B) perinatal health workers; or (C) midwives who meet, at a minimum, the international definition of a midwife and global standards for midwifery education as established by the International Confederation of Midwives; and (2) expanding the capacity of existing accredited schools or programs described in paragraph (1), for the purposes of increasing the number of students enrolled in such accredited schools or programs, such as by awarding scholarships for students (including students from racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse backgrounds). (c) Prioritization In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to a school or program described in subsection (b) that— (1) has demonstrated a commitment to recruiting and retaining students and faculty from racial and ethnic minority groups