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HR 1703 Passed a chamber

Requires Medicare to create separate billing codes for ultralightweight manual wheelchairs starting January 1, 2028, and sets payment and out-of-pocket rules for those with titanium or carbon fiber bases.

Official title: Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2026

Next stop House: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 27-FEB-2025
Referred 27-FEB-2025
Approved by committee 21-MAY-2026
Reported 18-JUL-2026
On the calendar 18-JUL-2026
Passed 20-JUL-2026
Senate
Received 21-JUL-2026
Passed 30-SEP-2026
Key points
  • Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish HCPCS codes for ultralightweight manual wheelchairs furnished on or after January 1, 2028, with separate codes for bases made with titanium or carbon fiber and bases made without them.
  • Keeps Medicare payment for titanium or carbon fiber ultralightweight wheelchairs at the same amount and frequency that apply to other covered wheelchairs.
  • Allows suppliers to charge the beneficiary the difference between the supplier's actual charge and the Medicare payment.
  • Lets the Secretary require suppliers to give beneficiaries written notice of possible out-of-pocket costs before purchase or rental.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (27-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 20-JUL-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (3) Policy area

Health

Sponsor John Joyce (R-PA) Cosponsors · 10
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