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HealthH.R. 1703Comments

Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2026

Official title: 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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What This Bill Does

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish specific billing codes under Medicare for certain materials used in ultralightweight manual wheelchairs.

Specifically, the CMS must establish at least two billing codes for the base of the wheelchair, with at least one code for a base with titanium or carbon fiber construction material and at least one code for a base without these materials. Suppliers receive the same payment under Medicare for these wheelchairs as would otherwise apply, but may bill beneficiaries for any difference between the payment and the actual charge for the wheelchair. The CMS may require suppliers to inform beneficiaries of their potential financial liability in these cases.

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Timeline

  1. SenateSenate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  2. Library of CongressPassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
  3. Floor Vote
  4. Passed Congress
  5. SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  6. House floor actionsMr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  7. House floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-753, Part I.
  8. House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  9. House committee actionsSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  10. House committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  11. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  12. House floor actionsReferred 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.
  13. Introduced
  14. Committee

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