119-s247

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 247 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 247

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 24, 2025

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Ms. Duckworth) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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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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