H. R. 670 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 

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. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

Act’’. 

SEC. 2. PROMOTING AWARENESS OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR 

INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. 

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

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish and update periodically a publicly available website to provide 

information with respect to resources and information for people 

with a disability and the caregivers and families of such people. 

Such website shall include— 

(1) information on eligibility to receive medical assistance 

under a State plan under the Medicaid program under title 

XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (or 

a waiver of such plan) based on a disability, including general 

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

(XVI), and (XIX) of section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)); 

(2) which States offer eligibility under subclauses (XIII), 

(XV), (XVI), and (XIX) of section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)); 

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

applicable, under subclauses (XIII), (XV), (XVI), and (XIX) of 

section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

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

(4) information about how to contact each State’s Medicaid 

office for information about Medicaid, including links and phone 

numbers for State contacts; 

(5) general information on Medicaid-covered long-term services and supports that may be available to individuals eligible 

for medical assistance under a State plan under the Medicaid 

program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

1396 et seq.) (or a waiver of such plan); and 

(6) where applicable, the average amount of time that 

individuals newly enrolled in a State’s waiver program for 

home and community-based services in the past 12 months 
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were on the list of individuals waiting to enroll in such waiver 

program, in such a manner and process as described in section 

441.311(d)(1)(iii) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations. 

(b) PROMOTION.—The Secretary shall, as applicable and appropriate, identify and disseminate promotional activities to improve, 

among people with a disability and the caretakers and families 

of such people, the awareness of the resources included in the 

website established under subsection (a), such as through collaboration with the Social Security Administration during its annual 

updates to the Red Book. 

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

the Secretary may use the website thinkdifferently.net as a model. 

(d) NONAPPLICATION OF PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT.—Chapter 

35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 

‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995’’), shall not apply to the 

implementation of this section. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.