Notice2025-10868
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
June 16, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Monitoring Breastfeeding-Related Maternity Care--U.S. Hospitals. The Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) survey is a census of maternity care hospitals in the United States and territories, that CDC has administered about every two years since 2007 to monitor and examine changes in breastfeeding-related maternity care over time.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25280-25281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10868]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-25-0743; Docket No. CDC-2025-0021]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled Monitoring Breastfeeding-Related Maternity Care--U.S. Hospitals.
The Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) survey is
a census of maternity care hospitals in the United States and
territories, that CDC has administered about every two years since 2007
to monitor and examine changes in breastfeeding-related maternity care
over time.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before August 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2025-
0021 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>) or by U.S. mail to the address listed
above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7570;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d0bfbdb290b3b4b3feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="127d7f70527176713c757d64">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. 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;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
4. 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
submissions of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Monitoring Breastfeeding-Related Maternity Care--U.S. Hospitals
(OMB Control No. 0920-0743, Exp. 03/31/2025)--Reinstatement--National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Substantial evidence demonstrates the social, economic, and health
benefits of breastfeeding for both the mother and infant as well as for
society in general. Health professionals recommend exclusive
breastfeeding for about the first six months and continued
breastfeeding for at least 12 months; Healthy People 2030 established
specific national breastfeeding goals related to breastfeeding
exclusivity and duration. In addition to increasing overall rates, a
public health priority in the U.S. is to reduce variation in
breastfeeding rates across population subgroups. Although CDC
surveillance data indicate that breastfeeding initiation rates in the
United States are climbing, rates for duration and exclusivity continue
to lag, and
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significant disparities in breastfeeding rates persist.
The health care system is one of the most important and effective
settings to improve breastfeeding, and the birth hospital stay has a
crucial influence on later breastfeeding outcomes. Every two years
between 2007-2015, CDC conducted the National Survey of Maternity
Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC survey) in hospitals and
free-standing birth centers to better understand national breastfeeding
supportive maternity practices and changes in these practices over
time. Breastfeeding supportive maternity care practices changed
rapidly, and in 2018 CDC redesigned the survey items to reflect these
practice changes. Every two years between 2018-2024, the revised survey
was administered to hospitals that routinely provide maternity care.
The survey asks hospital maternity staff to report information about
patient education and support for breastfeeding provided to their
patients throughout the maternity stay, as well as staff training and
maternity care policies.
The 2026 and 2028 mPINC survey will closely match those previously
administered. As an ongoing national census of hospitals in the United
States and territories that provide maternity care, it does not employ
sampling methods. CDC uses the American Hospital Association (AHA)
Annual Survey of Hospitals to identify potential participating
hospitals. Hospitals invited to participate in the survey include those
that participated in previous iterations, those that received an
invitation but did not participate in the previous iterations, and
those that have become eligible since the most recent mPINC survey. CDC
will screen all hospitals with one or more registered maternity beds to
assess their eligibility, identify the appropriate point of contact,
and obtain contact information for the person identified. The response
rates for previous iterations of the mPINC survey range from 70%-83%.
CDC will provide direct feedback to participating hospitals in an
individualized, hospital-specific report of their results. CDC will use
information from the mPINC surveys to identify, document, and share
information related to changes in practices processes over time at the
hospital, state, regional, and national levels. Researchers also use
the data to better understand relationships between hospital
characteristics, maternity-care practices, state level factors, and
breastfeeding initiation and continuation rates.
Participation in the survey is voluntary, and participants submit
responses through a secure web-based system. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. CDC requests OMB approval of 777
annual burden hours for three years to conduct the 2026 and 2028
surveys.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Maternity Hospitals........... Screening Part A 567 1 3/60 28
Maternity Hospitals........... Screening Part B 1,771 1 2/60 59
Maternity Hospitals........... mPINC Hospital 1,380 1 30/60 690
Survey.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 777
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-10868 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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