,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #icfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ah1 #bjbf,ms4 
,pressley 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,matsui1   
,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4  
,cohen1 ,mr4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4  
,garcia of ,california1 ,mr4 ,hoyer1    
,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,moulton1
 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4        
,tokuda1 and ,mrs4 ,trahan7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,energy and ,commerce1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to prohibit  
,medicare ,advantage plans from imposing
 prior authorization with respect to    
repairs to complex rehabilitation       
technology4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,facilitating      

,access to ,service and ,timely ,repairs
 for ,wheelchairs ,act or the ,,fast    
,repairs for ,wheelchairs ,act4  #b4    
,removing prior authorization           
requirements under ,medicare ,advantage 
,plans ,section #aheb7;a77#a77;,b7 of   
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#bb7;a77#a77;,b77 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following new clause3  7vii7            
,prohibition of prior authorization for 
maintenance and repairs to complex      
rehabilitation technology  7,i7 ,in     
general ,in the case of complex         
rehabilitation technology1 for plan     
years beginning on or after ,january #a 
following the date of enactment of this 
clause1 an ,,ma plan may not impose any 
prior authorization requirements1       
prescription requirements1 or medical   
documentation requirements with respect 
to the coverage of repairs made to such 
a technology under such plan4  7,,ii7   
,clarification ,subclause 7,i7 shall not
 prohibit prior authorization for the   

initial evaluation of the medical       
necessity of the complex rehabilitation 
technology or the replacement of complex
 rehabilitation technology due to loss  
or irreparable damage1 when such        
technology reaches its reasonable useful
 lifetime1 or when such technology has  
been in use for #e years4  7,,iii7      
,complex rehabilitation technology      
defined ,for the purposes of this       
clause1 the term complex rehabilitation 
technology means-- 7aa7 certain complex 
rehabilitative power wheelchairs1       
complex rehabilitative manual           
wheelchairs1 and certain manual         
wheelchairs1 as those terms are used in 
section #ahdg7;a77#b77;,a72 and  7bb7   
any related accessories to the items    
described in item 7aa7 when furnished in
 connection with such items4  4