2016 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 6A - Public Health Service
Subchapter III - National Research Institutes
Part A - National Institutes of Health
Sec. 283p - Population focused research

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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 283p (2016)
Section Name §283p. Population focused research
Section Text

The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall, as appropriate, encourage efforts to improve research related to the health of sexual and gender minority populations, including by—

(1) facilitating increased participation of sexual and gender minority populations in clinical research supported by the National Institutes of Health, and reporting on such participation, as applicable;

(2) facilitating the development of valid and reliable methods for research relevant to sexual and gender minority populations; and

(3) addressing methodological challenges.

Source Credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, §404N, as added Pub. L. 114–255, div. A, title II, §2038(d), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1065.)

Editorial Notes REPORTING

Pub. L. 114–255, div. A, title II, §2038(e), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1065, provided that:

"(1) In general.—The Secretary, in collaboration with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall as appropriate—

"(A) continue to support research for the development of appropriate measures related to reporting health information about sexual and gender minority populations; and

"(B) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 13, 2016], disseminate and make public such measures.

"(2) National academy of medicine recommendations.—In developing the measures described in paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall take into account recommendations made by the National Academy of Medicine."

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 6A - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER III - NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Part A - National Institutes of Health
Sec. 283p - Population focused research
Contains section 283p
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 130 Stat. 1065
Public Law References Public Law 114-255
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