[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81102-81103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25644]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; New Collection; National Prisoner Statistics 
Program: Maternal Health Supplement

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
January 22, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  If you have additional 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, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20531, email: [email protected]; 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 Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, 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;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected can be enhanced; and
--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.

    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 
one-time supplement to the National Prisoners

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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.
    Overview of this information collection:
    1. Type of Information Collection: New collection.
    2. The Title of the Form/Collection: National Prisoner Statistics 
program: Maternal Health Supplement (NPS-MatHealth).
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number is NPS-MatHealth. 
The Bureau of Justice Statistics is sponsoring the collection.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as the obligation to respond: Affected Public is State and Federal 
Government. The obligation to respond is voluntary.
    5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The total number 
of respondents for NPS-MatHealth is 51. The time per response is 2.5 
hours to complete the NPS-MatHealth survey.
    6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total annual burden hours for this collection 
is 126 hours.
    7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the 
collection, if applicable: $4,056.

                                                                   Total Burden Hours
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                                                                        Number of                        Total annual       Time per       Total annual
                              Activity                                 respondents       Frequency        responses         response     burden  (hours)
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NPS-MatHealth......................................................              51                1               51              148              126
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    If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC.

    Dated: November 15, 2023.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2023-25644 Filed 11-20-23; 8:45 am]
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