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Union Calendar No. 714 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 670 

[Report No. 118–874] 

To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services to establish a clearinghouse on intellectual 

disabilities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 31, 2023 

Mr. MOLINARO (for himself and Ms. SHERRILL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

DECEMBER 16, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. RYAN, Mr. TRONE, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. 

LAWLER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. LALOTA, 

Ms. MENG, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. SEWELL, 

Mr. LIEU, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. CRAIG, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. CARBAJAL, 

Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. JACKSON

of North Carolina, Mrs. GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, 

and Ms. NORTON

DECEMBER 16, 2024 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 31, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to 

direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 

establish a clearinghouse on intellectual disabilities, and 

for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Think Differently Data5 base Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROMOTING AWARENESS OF AVAILABLE RE7 SOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABIL8 ITIES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 

11 and Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec12 retary’’) shall establish and update periodically a publicly13 available website to provide information with respect to re14 sources and information for people with a disability and 

15 the caregivers and families of such people. Such website 

16 shall include— 

17 (1) information on eligibility to receive medical 

18 assistance under a State plan under the Medicaid 

19 program under title XIX of the Social Security Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (or a waiver of such plan) 

21 based on a qualifying disability, including— 

22 (A) general information about eligibility 

23 under subclauses (XIII), (XV), (XVI), and (XIX) 

24 of section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) of the Social Secu25 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)); 


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1 (B) which States offer Medicaid buy-in pro2 grams; and 

3 (C) the specific eligibility requirements of 

4 each such program; 

5 (2) information about how to contact each 

6 State’s Medicaid office for information about Med7 icaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program eligi8 bility, including links and phone numbers for State 

9 contacts; 

10 (3) information on Medicaid-covered long-term 

11 services and supports available to individuals eligible 

12 for medical assistance under a State plan under the 

13 Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Secu14 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (or a waiver of such 

15 plan); and 

16 (4) where applicable, the duration of wait lists 

17 to receive the services described in paragraph (3). 

18 (b) PROMOTION.—The Secretary shall, as applicable 

19 and appropriate, identify and disseminate promotional ac20 tivities to improve, among people with a disability and the 

21 caretakers and families of such people, the awareness of the 

22 resources included in the website established under sub23 section (a), such as through collaboration with the Social 

24 Security Administration during its annual updates to the 

25 Red Book. 


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1 (c) MODEL.—In establishing the website under this 

2 section, the Secretary may use the website 

3 thinkdifferently.net as a model. 

4 (d) NONAPPLICATION OF PAPERWORK REDUCTION

5 ACT.—Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (com6 monly referred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act of 

7 1995’’), shall not apply to the implementation of this sec8 tion. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to direct the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 

website to promote awareness of available resources for 

individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 714 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 670 

[Report No. 118–874] 

A BILL 

To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act 

tual disabilities, and for other purposes. Services to establish a clearinghouse on intellecto direct the Secretary of Health and Human 

DECEMBER 16, 2024 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:11 Dec 17, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H670.RH H670

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