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S. 247 119th Congress Senate

Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2025

Official title: 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.

Introduced: January 24, 2025 Introduced by: Marsha Blackburn Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
Health AgingDisability and paralysisHealth care costs and insuranceHealth technology, devices, suppliesMedicare
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 24, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2025

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish specific billing codes under Medicare for certain materials used in ultralightweight manual wheelchairs.

Specifically, the CMS must establish at least two billing codes for the base of the wheelchair, with at least one code for a base with titanium or carbon fiber construction material and at least one code for a base without these materials. Suppliers receive the same payment under Medicare for these wheelchairs as would otherwise apply, but may bill beneficiaries for any difference between the payment and the actual charge for the wheelchair. The CMS may require suppliers to inform beneficiaries of their potential financial liability in these cases.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1703 Identical bill Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2026
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 26

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • BROWN & FORTUNATO, P.C.
    for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE (AAHOMECARE) · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
    for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE (AAHOMECARE) · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE
    for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION
    for UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION · New York · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • MEDLINE
    for MEDLINE · Illinois · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
    for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE (AAHOMECARE) · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Jan 24, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 247: Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-247/
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"S. 247: Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-247/.
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S. 247, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-247/.
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