House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require any advertisement of a Medicare Advantage plan to include information related to the rates of prior authorization denials under such plan.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 18, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Nov 18, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6111.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POCAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 194, November 18, 2025, Page H4771):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6111, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6111
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 17, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 17, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.