H.R. 1703 · 119th Congress · Health
Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2026
How each chamber voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
Senate · Sep 30, 2026
Passed by voice vote.
House · Jul 20, 2026
Passed by voice vote.
Passed the Senate on September 30, 2026.
Latest action: Message on Senate action sent to the House
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- CommitteeJul 18, 2026
- Passed HouseJul 20, 2026
- Passed SenateSep 30, 2026
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 10
- 4 Democrats, 6 Republicans
- Committees
- Senate Committee on FinanceHouse Committee on Ways and MeansHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Lobbying
- At least 6
- organizations named it2025 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
The bill changes how Medicare Part B pays for ultralightweight manual wheelchairs.
The bill changes how Medicare Part B pays for ultralightweight manual wheelchairs. It directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create separate billing codes for wheelchair bases made with titanium or carbon fiber, applying to chairs furnished on or after January 1, 2028. Medicare will pay a supplier the same amount for a titanium or carbon fiber base as it would otherwise pay for such a wheelchair. The supplier may then charge the beneficiary the difference between its actual price and the Medicare payment, and the Secretary may require the supplier to warn the beneficiary of that cost before the sale.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 6 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 39 quarterly reports filed by 5 lobbying firms and by 3 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
5 of them, in no ranking: American Association for Homecare (Aahomecare); Permobil, Inc.; United Seating and Mobility, LLC dba Numotion; United Spinal Association; Arkansas Medical Equipment Providers. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 1 other is not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.