{"id":23044,"date":"2024-05-06T15:47:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=23044"},"modified":"2024-05-06T15:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:47:42","slug":"sen-ossoff-introduces-bipartisan-bill-to-strengthen-resources-for-georgians-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-introduces-bipartisan-bill-to-strengthen-resources-for-georgians-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Resources for Georgians with Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to strengthen resources for Georgians with disabilities and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, Sens. Ossoff and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) introduced the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>Think Differently Database Act<\/em>, which would direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to build a comprehensive website that provides information and resources available to Georgians with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This bipartisan bill would help Georgians with disabilities and their families more easily access information about the Federal and state resources available to them within state Medicaid programs \u2014 searchable by zip code \u2014 all in one database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorking alongside Senator Schmitt, I\u2019m bringing Republicans and Democrats together to help Georgia families and&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">families<\/a>&nbsp;nationwide identity and access resources for people with disabilities,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said&nbsp;Sen. Ossoff.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose with disabilities deserve the best care possible, and many families of those with an intellectual disability aren\u2019t aware of the resources that are available to them. My son, Stephen, has disabilities and was my driving force for running for public office in the first place. A website like this would vastly benefit so many. I am proud to sponsor this bill alongside Senator Ossoff,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;said&nbsp;Sen. Schmitt.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TDDA-Text.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to read the&nbsp;<em>Think Differently Database Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to strengthen resources for Georgians with disabilities and their families. This week, Sens. Ossoff and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) introduced the bipartisan&nbsp;Think Differently Database Act, which would direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to build a comprehensive website that provides information and resources available to [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23044","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23046,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23044\/revisions\/23046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}