,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dagd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #ah1    
#bjbd,mr4 ,schmitt 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,ossoff7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,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 disabilities1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,think ,differently 
,database ,act4  #b4 ,clearinghouse on  
intellectual disabilities ,subpart #g of
 part ,c of title ,,iv of the ,public   
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bhe;g et seq47 is amended by inserting 
after section #dej 7#db ,u4,s4,c4       
#bhe;g-#b7 the following3  #dej;,a4     
,clearinghouse on intellectual          
disabilities  7a7 ,in general ,the      
,secretary1 in consultation with the    

,director of ,,nih and the ,director of 
the ,institute1 shall establish within  
the ,department of ,health and ,human   
,services1 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 people4 
,such clearinghouse shall include-- 7#a7
 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 7or a waiver 
of such plan72  7#b7 information on how 
to obtain health care1 mental health    
care1 and other relevant services2 and  
7#c7 a searchable database of such      
resources that may be searched by postal
 ,,zip ,code4  7b7 ,promotion ,the      
,secretary shall1 as applicable and     
appropriate1 identify and disseminate   

promotional activities to improve1 among
 people with an intellectual disability 
and the caretakers and families of such 
people1 the awareness of the resources  
included in the clearinghouse           
established under subsection 7a74  7c7  
,model ,in establishing the             
clearinghouse under this section1 the   
,secretary may use the website          
thinkdifferently4net as a model4  4