II 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Think Differently 
Database Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROMOTING AWARENESS OF AVAILABLE RE-
SOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABIL-
ITIES. 
(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 pub-
licly 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 sub-
clauses (XIII), (XV), (XVI), and (XIX) of section 
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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 So-
cial 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 Med-
icaid, including links and phone numbers for State 
contacts; 
(5) general information on Medicaid-covered 
long-term services and supports that may be avail-
able 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 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 Regu-
lations. 
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(b) PROMOTION.—The Secretary shall, as applicable 
and appropriate, identify and disseminate promotional ac-
tivities 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 So-
cial 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 (com-
monly referred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995’’), shall not apply to the implementation of this sec-
tion. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 17, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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