H.R. 6111

Summary

H.R. 6111, 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, was introduced in the House on Nov 18, 2025 by Rep. Mark Pocan (D) with 17 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on 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.

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H.R. 6111 has 17 co-sponsors.

119 HR 6111 IH: 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.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-11-18
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6111  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   November 18, 2025   Mr. Pocan  (for himself,  Mr. Carson ,  Mr. Cohen ,  Ms. DeLauro ,  Mr. Doggett ,  Ms. Jayapal ,  Mr. Khanna ,  Ms. Norton ,  Ms. Ocasio-Cortez ,  Ms. Schakowsky ,  Mr. Takano ,  Mr. Thanedar ,  Ms. Tlaib ,  Ms. McBride , and  Ms. Omar ) introduced the following bill; which was 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   A BILL
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.
1.
Requiring MA plan advertisements to include information on prior authorization
Section 1852(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–22(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(3)
Advertisement requirements
Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, any advertisement of an MA plan shall include, with respect to the most recent plan year ending before such advertisement is disseminated, a verbal and visual disclosure (to the extent possible) of—
(A)
the number of requests for prior authorization that were denied under such plan during such plan year, including requests for prior authorization that were reconsidered and approved after being denied;
(B)
the number of requests for prior authorization described in subparagraph (A) that were reconsidered and approved after being denied; and
(C)
with respect to the requests for prior authorization described in subparagraph (B), the average number of days between the date on which such a request was initially denied and the date on which such request was approved.
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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.

Sponsors

Rep. Mark Pocan (D) sponsors H.R. 6111, and 17 members have co-sponsored it, 14 of them from the day it was introduced.

Mark Pocan

Rep. · D–WI-2 · Sponsor

Introduced Nov 18, 2025

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Andre Carson

Rep. · D–IN-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Steve Cohen

Rep. · D–TN-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Rosa DeLauro

Rep. · D–CT-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Lloyd Doggett

Rep. · D–TX-37 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Pramila Jayapal

Rep. · D–WA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Ro Khanna

Rep. · D–CA-17 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Sarah McBride

Rep. · D–DE-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Rep. · D–NY-14 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 6111 went before 2 committees: Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Nov 18, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Nov 18, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6111 has taken 2 actions since Nov 18, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 6111 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 6111 goes by 2 titles.

• 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. — Official Title as 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. — Display Title

Lobbying

4 clients hired 2 firms and 19 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6111 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Pharmacy, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Insurance, Budget/Appropriations, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Government Issues.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6111 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6111’s is Health.

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