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

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1703

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                                 AN ACT


 
  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 2026''.

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:
            ``(24) 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, 2028, 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, 
                        2028, 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 supplier's actual charge for such 
                        wheelchair and the payment amount described in 
                        clause (i) for such wheelchair.
                            ``(iii) Beneficiary protections.--In order 
                        to inform an individual of the individual's 
                        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 rental of such ultralightweight 
                        manual wheelchair by such individual.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 20, 2026.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1703

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

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