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[H.R. 1703 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1703

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six


                                 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.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.