[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7731-7732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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: [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 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 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
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 www.reginfo.gov. 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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