# 2025-22134: Feds Seek Input on Extending Kids' Health Survey

2025-22134, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Survey of Children's Health, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, Census Bureau published 2025-12-05, effective Comments must be received on or before February 3, 2026. (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-22134
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Survey of Children's Health
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; Census Bureau
- Citation: 90 FR 56128
- Published: 2025-12-05
- Effective: Comments must be received on or before February 3, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-02-03
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Feds Seek Input on Extending Kids' Health Survey

## Summary

The U.S. Census Bureau is asking for public feedback on updates to the National Survey of Children's Health, which collects info about kids' well-being. This survey affects families and health programs and helps improve services for children under 18. Comments are open until February 3, 2026, and there’s no cost to participate—just your voice!

## Abstract

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the proposed revision of the National Survey of Children's Health, prior to the submission of the information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.

## Effects PRIA read

- NSCH sample increased to 400,000: benefit, medium. The 2026 National Survey of Children's Health sample will be about 400,000 addresses, up from 360,000 in 2025. The larger sample is intended to let states and agencies produce reliable child-health estimates in fewer pooled years (for example, more states can expect 1,500 interviews with two years…
- Nine states will receive oversamples: benefit, medium. Nine states (California, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin) have indicated interest in sponsoring state oversamples for the 2026 NSCH, continuing oversampling used since 2020. Households in those states are more likely to be sampled so state- o…
- Contact info collected on mail-return screener: benefit, low. The Census will collect respondent name, email address, and phone number on the paper screener questionnaire and a mail-returnable screener card as a test to about 70,000 addresses. The notice says this contact information will be used to encourage households with children to complete the rest of t…
- Monetary incentives in mailings (mostly $5): benefit, low. As part of the 2026 NSCH, 90% of initial screener mailings will include a $5 unconditional incentive and 10% will not; about 10,000 households that started the web instrument but did not finish will receive a final web push with a secondary unconditional incentive; eligible paper topical mailings w…
- Estimated respondent burden and time: cost, low. The Census estimates 122,461 respondents for the collection; households with eligible children will spend about 40–41 minutes total (5 minutes for the screener plus 35–36 minutes for topical questions). The estimated total annual burden is 42,496 hours and the estimated total annual cost to the pub…

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## Sources
- [2025-22134 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22134/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for)
- [2025-22134 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22134.pdf)

## Related
- [Previous: 2025-22133, Performance Review Board Members](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22133)
- [Next: 2025-22135, Sunshine Act Meetings](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22135)
- [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22134 (as of 2026-06-08).