WASHINGTON—On Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, President Joe Biden signed into law HR 670, also known as the Think Differently Database Act, which requires the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a website to provide information on resources available to individuals with a disability and their caregivers and families.
"Thank you to Representatives Molinaro and Sherrill, and Senators Schmitt and Ossoff for their leadership," the White House said in a briefing.
According to HR 670, the Secretary of Health and Human Services has three years from the enactment date to establish and update the website.
The website must include:
- Information about eligibility, points of contact and covered long-term services and associated wait lists.
- Information about how to contact each State’s Medicaid office for information about Medicaid, including links and phone numbers for State contacts.
- 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.
Additionally, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must promote the website to appropriate individuals, such as by collaborating with the Social Security Administration.
For a full list of what the website will be required to provide information on, see the full law here.