The Women Expansion of Learning and Labor Safety Act, or WELLS Act , seeks to enhance maternal health and safety by amending the Social Security Act to require specific discharge planning for pregnant individuals. Beginning January 1, 2027, hospitals, critical access hospitals, and rural emergency hospitals participating in Medicare must develop and implement a detailed discharge plan for pregnant patients admitted with labor symptoms but expected to be discharged before delivery. This plan must include a clinical justification for discharge , an assessment of travel logistics to the hospital, verification of reliable transportation, and identification of a backup facility for labor and delivery services. Furthermore, the plan must be approved by a qualified medical professional and confirmed as understood by the individual in their primary language, with all details included in the patient's medical record. Beyond discharge planning, the bill also strengthens existing rural maternal and obstetric care training demonstration grants by mandating the inclusion of racial bias training and requiring the Secretary of HHS to establish minimum performance milestones for grant recipients. It also directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a multi-center implementation science initiative to rigorously evaluate different healthcare professional training models and their impact on provider behavior, patient outcomes, and maternal health disparities. Finally, the bill mandates the development and public maintenance of an interagency maternal health dashboard , which will compile critical maternal health outcome metrics, including data on maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and the outcomes of pregnant individuals discharged prior to delivery.