2026-00717Notice

CDC Surveys Hospitals on Breastfeeding Support Standards

Published Date: 1/15/2026

Notice

Summary

The CDC is asking for your thoughts on a new survey about breastfeeding care in hospitals across the U.S. They want to make sure the questions are useful, clear, and not too much work to answer. You’ve got 30 days to share your ideas before the survey gets the green light, helping improve health data without wasting time or money.

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Hospitals Asked to Complete mPINC Survey

CDC will invite U.S. hospitals that provide maternity care to complete the mPINC survey in 2026 and 2028. Participation is voluntary and costs only staff time; CDC requests OMB approval of 777 annual burden hours for three years, with Screening Part A (567 responses × 3 minutes), Screening Part B (1,771 responses × 2 minutes), and the mPINC Hospital Survey (1,380 responses × 30 minutes).

Participating Hospitals Get Survey Feedback

CDC will give participating hospitals a private, individualized hospital-specific report of their results and will publicly share aggregated information on practices at hospital, state, regional, and national levels. Researchers may use the mPINC data to study relationships between hospital practices, state factors, and breastfeeding initiation and continuation rates.

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1/15/2026

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