Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60
§285m–2 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 13— national institute on deafness and other communication disorders › § 285m–2
Summary
The Institute's Director must create a national data system to collect and analyze data on hearing and communication disorders, including population data to identify at-risk people, and a clearinghouse to share it with professionals, patients, industry, and public.
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Title 42, §285m–2
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(a)The Director of the Institute shall establish a National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Data System for the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of data derived from patient populations with disorders of hearing or other communication processes, including where possible, data involving general populations for the purpose of identifying individuals at risk of developing such disorders.
(b)The Director of the Institute shall establish a National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse to facilitate and enhance, through the effective dissemination of information, knowledge and understanding of disorders of hearing and other communication processes by health professionals, patients, industry, and the public.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Pub. L. 100–553 and Pub. L. 100–607 contained identical provisions enacting this section. See 1988 Amendment note below.
Amendments
1988—Pub. L. 100–690 amended this section to read as if the
Amendments
made by Pub. L. 100–607, which enacted this section, had not been enacted. See Codification note above.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1988 AmendmentFor
Effective Date
of amendment by Pub. L. 100–690, see section 2613(b)(1) of Pub. L. 100–690, set out as an Effect of Enactment of Similar Provisions note under section 285m of this title.
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 285m–2
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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