Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§285d–3 Data System and Information Clearinghouse
Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part C — Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes › subpart 4 — national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases › § 285d–3
Summary
The Director must create a national data system to collect and share patient and population data to detect people at risk for arthritis, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases, and a clearinghouse to share information, including juvenile arthritis.
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Title 42, §285d–3
The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)The Director of the Institute shall establish the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Data System for the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of data derived from patient populations with arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, including where possible, data involving general populations for the purpose of detection of individuals with a risk of developing arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases.
(b)The Director of the Institute shall establish the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse to facilitate and enhance, through the effective dissemination of information, knowledge and understanding of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, including juvenile arthritis and related conditions, by health professionals, patients, and the public.
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2000—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–310 inserted “, including juvenile arthritis and related conditions,” after “skin diseases”.
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42 U.S.C. § 285d–3
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102