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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 670 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 18 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Received 

AN ACT 

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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Think Differently 

3 Database Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PROMOTING AWARENESS OF AVAILABLE RE5 SOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABIL6 ITIES. 

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

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

9 and Human Services (in this section referred to as the 

10 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish and update periodically a pub11 licly available website to provide information with respect 

12 to resources and information for people with a disability 

13 and the caregivers and families of such people. Such 

14 website shall include— 

15 (1) information on eligibility to receive medical 

16 assistance under a State plan under the Medicaid 

17 program under title XIX of the Social Security Act 

18 (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (or a waiver of such plan) 

19 based on a disability, including general information 

20 about eligibility under subclauses (XIII), (XV), 

21 (XVI), and (XIX) of section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) of 

22 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)); 

24 (2) which States offer eligibility under sub25 clauses (XIII), (XV), (XVI), and (XIX) of section 


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1 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)); 

3 (3) each State’s specific eligibility requirements, 

4 if applicable, under subclauses (XIII), (XV), (XVI), 

5 and (XIX) of section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) of the So6 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)); 

7 (4) information about how to contact each 

8 State’s Medicaid office for information about Med9 icaid, including links and phone numbers for State 

10 contacts; 

11 (5) general information on Medicaid-covered 

12 long-term services and supports that may be avail13 able to individuals eligible for medical assistance 

14 under a State plan under the Medicaid program 

15 under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (or a waiver of such plan); and 

17 (6) where applicable, the average amount of 

18 time that individuals newly enrolled in a State’s 

19 waiver program for home and community-based 

20 services in the past 12 months were on the list of 

21 individuals waiting to enroll in such waiver program, 

22 in such a manner and process as described in section 

23 441.311(d)(1)(iii) of title 42, Code of Federal Regu24 lations. 


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

2 and appropriate, identify and disseminate promotional ac3 tivities to improve, among people with a disability and the 

4 caretakers and families of such people, the awareness of 

5 the resources included in the website established under 

6 subsection (a), such as through collaboration with the So7 cial Security Administration during its annual updates to 

8 the Red Book. 

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

10 section, the Secretary may use the website 

11 thinkdifferently.net as a model. 

12 (d) NONAPPLICATION OF PAPERWORK REDUCTION

13 ACT.—Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (com14 monly referred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act of 

15 1995’’), shall not apply to the implementation of this sec16 tion. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 17, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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