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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Institute Director must set up a national data system to collect and use information on hearing and other communication disorders (and general-population data when possible) and must create a clearinghouse to share information with professionals, patients, industry, and the public.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §285m–2

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 285m–2

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102