Title: Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2018
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2018
This bill specifies that Medicare coverage of manual wheelchairs does not include certain excess expenses associated with the use of titanium construction materials in the wheelchair base.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7305 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7305

  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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 13, 2018

   Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself and Mrs. McMorris Rodgers) 
 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

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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 2018''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFYING PAYMENT RULES FOR MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS UNDER PART B OF 
              THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    (a) Exclusion.--Section 1862(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395y(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (O), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (P), by striking the semicolon at the 
        end and inserting ``, and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(Q) in the case of a manual wheelchair furnished 
                on or after January 1, 2019, where such expenses exceed 
                the amount recognized under section 1834(a)(1)(B)(ii) 
                for such wheelchair by reason of inclusion of any 
                titanium construction materials included in the base of 
                such wheelchair;''.
    (b) No Effect on Fee Schedule.--Section 1834(a)(1) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395m(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(J) Exclusion of certain manual wheelchair 
                components from fee schedule amount.--Beginning January 
                1, 2019, any payment amount recognized under 
                subparagraph (B)(ii) with respect to a manual 
                wheelchair shall be treated as not including payment 
                for any titanium construction materials included in the 
                base of such wheelchair.''.
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