Notice2026-00717
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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Published
January 15, 2026
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1792-1794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00717]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-25-0743]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled ``Assessment and Monitoring of Breastfeeding-
Related
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Maternity Care Practices in Intrapartum Care Facilities in the United
States and Territories'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data
Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on
June 16, 2025 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
CDC received five comments related to the previous notice. This notice
serves to allow an additional 30 days for public and affected agency
comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) 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;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) 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; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <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. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice
publication.
Proposed Project
Assessment and Monitoring of Breastfeeding-Related Maternity Care
Practices in Intrapartum Care Facilities in the United States and
Territories (OMB Control No. 0920-0743, Exp. 3/31/2025)--
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 establishes
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 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 a
private, individualized, hospital-specific report of their results. CDC
will use information from the mPINC surveys to identify, document, and
publicly share aggregated information related to changes in practices
and 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
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Maternity Hospitals................... Screening Part A........ 567 1 3/60
Maternity Hospitals................... Screening Part B........ 1,771 1 2/60
Maternity Hospitals................... mPINC Hospital Survey... 1,380 1 30/60
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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. 2026-00717 Filed 1-14-26; 8:45 am]
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