---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 285e–8"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "285e–8"
heading: "Dissemination project"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/285e-8"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter III — National Research Institutes"
  - "Part C — Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes"
  - "Subpart 5 — national institute on aging"
---

# §285e–8. Dissemination project

- (a) **Grant or contract for establishment—** The [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Institute shall make a grant to, or enter into a contract with, a national organization representing individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias for the conduct of the activities described in [subsection (b)](#b).
- (b) **Project activities—** The organization receiving a grant or contract under this section shall—
  - (1) establish a central computerized information system to—
    - (A) compile and disseminate information concerning initiatives by [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) and local governments and private entities to provide [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) and [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias; and
    - (B) translate scientific and technical information concerning such initiatives into information readily understandable by the general public, and make such information available upon request; and
  - (2) establish a national toll-free telephone line to make available the information described in [paragraph (1)](#b-1), and information concerning Federal [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4), [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), and benefits for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and their families.
- (c) **Fees for information; exception—** The organization receiving a grant or contract under this section may charge appropriate fees for information provided through the toll-free telephone line established under [subsection (b)(2)](#b-2), and may make exceptions to such fees for individuals and organizations who are not financially able to pay such fees.
- (d) **Application for grant or contract; contents—** In order to receive a grant or contract under this section, an organization shall submit an application to the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Institute. Such application shall contain—
  - (1) information demonstrating that such organization has a network of contacts which will enable such organization to receive information necessary to the operation of the central computerized information system described in [subsection (b)(1)](#b-1);
  - (2) information demonstrating that, by the end of fiscal year 1991, such organization will be financially able to, and will, carry out the activities described in [subsection (b)](#b) without a grant or contract from the Federal Government; and
  - (3) such other information as the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) may prescribe.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 445F, formerly Pub. L. 99–660, title IX, § 952, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3813; renumbered § 445F of act July 1, 1944, and amended Pub. L. 100–607, title I, § 142(a), (d)(5), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3057, 3058.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 11282 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 100–607.

### Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–607, § 142(a), renumbered section 11282 of this title as this section.

Subsecs. (a), (d). Pub. L. 100–607, § 142(d)(5), substituted “the Institute” for “the National Institute on Aging”.