Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1703 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1703

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify payment
   rules for manual wheelchairs under part B of the Medicare program.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2025

Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Buchanan) introduced the
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
  Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify payment
   rules for manual wheelchairs under part B of the Medicare program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Choices for Increased Mobility Act
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULES RELATED TO TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MANUAL
              WHEELCHAIRS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1834(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(23) Special rules related to treatment of certain manual
        wheelchairs.--
                    ``(A) Requirement to establish separate hcpcs codes
                for certain manual wheelchairs.--With respect to
                ultralightweight manual wheelchairs payable under this
                subsection furnished on or after January 1, 2026, the
                Secretary shall establish two or more HCPCS codes, as
                determined appropriate by the Secretary, for the base
                of such a wheelchair depending on the construction
                material used in such base (with 1 or more such codes
                for such a base with titanium or carbon fiber
                construction material and 1 or more such codes for such
                a base without such materials).
                    ``(B) Payment and beneficiary protections.--
                            ``(i) Payment.--On or after January 1,
                        2026, in the case where an individual purchases
                        or rents from a supplier an ultralightweight
                        manual wheelchair that has titanium or carbon
                        fiber construction material used in the base of
                        such wheelchair, payment to the supplier shall
                        be made in the frequency and amount as would
                        otherwise be made under this subsection (as
                        described in paragraph (1)(A)) for such
                        wheelchair.
                            ``(ii) Beneficiary charges.--The supplier
                        may charge the individual the difference
                        between the payment amount described in clause
                        (i) for such wheelchair and the supplier's
                        actual charge for such wheelchair.
                            ``(iii) Beneficiary protections.--In order
                        to inform an individual of their potential
                        financial liability under clause (ii), the
                        Secretary may require a supplier to issue a
                        notice to the individual (in a form and manner
                        determined by the Secretary) prior to the
                        purchase or rent of such ultralightweight
                        manual wheelchair by such individual.''.
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