Notice2024-02213
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; National Prisoner Statistics Program: Maternal Health Supplement
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Published
February 5, 2024
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Justice Department
Abstract
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice (DOJ), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register, on November 11, 2023, allowing a 60-day comment period.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7731-7732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02213]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; National Prisoner Statistics Program: Maternal
Health Supplement
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice (DOJ),
will be submitting the following information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed
information collection was previously published in the Federal
Register, on November 11, 2023, allowing a 60-day comment period.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until
March 6, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have comments especially on the
estimated public burden or associated response time, suggestions, or
need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with
instructions or additional information, please contact: Laura
Maruschak, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh
Street NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#177b76626576397a76656264747f767c57626473787d39707861"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87ebe6f2f5e6a9eae6f5f2f4e4efe6ecc7f2f4e3e8eda9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a>;
telephone: 202-598-0802).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of
the following four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and/or
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering the title of the information collection. This
information collection request may be viewed at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow
the instructions to view Department of Justice, information collections
currently under review by OMB.
DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: New collection.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: National Prisoner Statistics
program: Maternal Health Supplement (NPS-MatHealth).
3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: NPS-MatHealth/Bureau
of Justice Statistics.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract:
Affected Public: State and Federal Government.
Abstract: In fiscal year 2021, the United States House Committee on
Appropriations directed that BJS include statistics in its data
collections that relate to the health needs of incarcerated pregnant
women in the criminal justice system, including, but not limited to,
the number of pregnant women in custody, outcomes of pregnancies, the
provision of pregnancy care and services, health status of pregnant
women, and racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health, at the
Federal, State, Tribal, and local levels. To address the directive at
the State and Federal level, BJS developed the NPS-MatHealth survey, a
1-time supplement to the National Prisoners Statistics program. The
survey will request information on maternal health and pregnancy
outcomes between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023, including
provide the annual count of female admissions to prison tested for
pregnancy, the number of those tests that were positive, and the number
of pregnancy outcomes by outcome type. Additionally, the data collected
will capture maternal health services and accommodations among State
DOCs and the BOP and provide a 1-day count (December 31, 2023) of
pregnant women by race/Hispanic origin, and the number of women
residing in a nursery or residential program in which the infant
resides with the mother.
5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 51.
7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 2.5 hours.
8. Frequency: One-time.
9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 126 hours.
10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $4,851.
If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: January 31, 2024.
John R. Carlson,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-02213 Filed 2-2-24; 8:45 am]
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