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[CITE: 42USC285m-2]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    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
 
Sec. 285m-2. Data System and Information Clearinghouse

    (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.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 464B, as added Pub. L. 100-553, 
Sec. 2(4), Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2770, and Pub. L. 100-607, title I, 
Sec. 101(4), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3050; amended Pub. L. 100-690, 
title II, Sec. 2613(b)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4238.)

                          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.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    For 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.
