Introduced in House

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 670 Introduced in House (IH)] 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 670 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Think Differently Database Act''.

SEC. 2. CLEARINGHOUSE ON INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.

SEC. 2. CLEARINGHOUSE ON INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. Subpart 7 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285g et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 450 (42 U.S.C. 285g-2) the following: ``SEC. 450A. CLEARINGHOUSE ON INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of NIH and the Director of the Institute, shall establish within the Department of Health and Human Services, a publicly-available clearinghouse to provide information with respect to resources and information for people with an intellectual disability and the caregivers and families of such people. Such clearinghouse shall include-- ``(1) information on individual community-based services and long-term support services available to individuals eligible for medical assistance under a State plan under the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (or a waiver of such plan); ``(2) information on how to obtain health care, mental health care, and other relevant services; and ``(3) a searchable database of such resources that may be searched by postal zip code. ``(b) Promotion.--The Secretary shall, as applicable and appropriate, identify and disseminate promotional activities to improve, among people with an intellectual disability and the caretakers and families of such people, the awareness of the resources included in the clearinghouse established under subsection (a). ``(c) Model.--In establishing the clearinghouse under this section, the Secretary may use the website thinkdifferently.net as a model.''.