Web Site Supports Passage of H.R. 2231

ATLANTA–A Web site focused on mustering support for the passage
of H.R. 2231, a bill that would exclude complex rehab from
competitive bidding, has been created by several stakeholder
organizations.

With the tagline “Working to protect your mobility rights,” the
site, www.ComplexRehab.org, provides background on
the Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive
Technology Act of 2007. Users can read the bill itself, and several
documents are available that can be used as guides in communicating
with referral sources and clients, as well as for asking members of
Congress to pass the bill.

Organizers hope the site will encourage stakeholders to find
more cosponsors for the bill and urge House leadership to support
its passage.

“Successful passage will ensure that people with complex
disabilities receive the products and services they need,” the site
says. “Congress needs to understand what this means and it is
critical they hear directly from you.”

The site is supported by the following organizations: the
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of
North America; the American Association for Homecare; the National
Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology; the National Registry
of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers; ITEM Coalition, a group of
national and state-based organizations that want to maintain access
to assistive services and technologies; and the Clinician Task
Force, a group of individuals who provide wheelchair seating and
mobility services.