Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2026

John Joyce

Republican · PA · Representative

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• Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16)Original· 2025-02-27
• Kim Schrier (D-WA-8)· 2025-03-05
• Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9)· 2025-03-14
• Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15)· 2025-05-20
• Seth Moulton (D-MA-6)· 2025-09-15
• Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8)· 2025-09-30
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)· 2025-10-14
• Laura Gillen (D-NY-4)· 2025-10-17
• Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3)· 2026-05-21
• Jefferson Van Drew (D-NJ-2)· 2026-06-08

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

2026-10-14

Source: Congress.gov

Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2025 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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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1703 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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.''. <all>

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