Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§285g–2 Research on Intellectual Disabilities
Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part C — Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes › subpart 7 — eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human development › § 285g–2
Summary
The person in charge of the Institute must run and pay for studies and other work to learn what causes intellectual disabilities, how to prevent them, and how to treat them.
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Title 42, §285g–2
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The Director of the Institute shall conduct and support research and related activities into the causes, prevention, and treatment of intellectual disabilities.
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2010—Pub. L. 111–256 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Director of the Institute shall conduct and support research and related activities into the causes, prevention, and treatment of mental retardation.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Definitions For meaning of references to an intellectual disability and to individuals with intellectual disabilities in provisions amended by section 2 of Pub. L. 111–256, see section 2(k) of Pub. L. 111–256, set out as a note under section 1400 of Title 20, Education.
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42 U.S.C. § 285g–2
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102