Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) review cases of pregnancy-associated deaths in their jurisdiction to determine and understand pregnancy-relatedness. MMRIA is a comprehensive and standardized data collection system for abstracting data from clinical and nonclinical sources and documenting MMRC decisions. MMRIA will provide comprehensive, timely, and accurate data surrounding these deaths to inform future prevention efforts. For this change request CDC is making minor changes to comply with recent executive orders.
US Code:
42 USC 301
Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
Burden increase is due to 1) an increase in the number of funding recipients that are required to use the MMRIA system, 2) an increase in the estimated number of pregnancy-associated deaths for which data is abstracted per jurisdiction, 3) application of processes that reduce the per case burden for some jurisdictions. These changes each impact the burden resulting in an overall increase to the estimated burden from 11,550 (last approval) to 33,482 for a total increase of 21,932 hours.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.