United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
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 7. eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human development |
§ 285g–2. Research on intellectual disabilities
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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.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 450, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985 , 99 Stat. 856; amended Pub. L. 111–256, § 2(f)(3), Oct. 5, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2644.)
Amendments
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.”
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.