2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
SB1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
Legislative Summary
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans.
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Bill History
5/20/2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(5/20/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Finance(Senate)
Sponsors
Republican: 27
Democrat: 33
Primary Sponsor

Roger Marshall
Republican
Co-Sponsors (59)
Mark Warner
Democrat
Margaret Hassan
Democrat
John Fetterman
Democrat
Amy Klobuchar
Democrat
Bill Cassidy
Republican
Shelley Capito
Republican
John Hickenlooper
Democrat
James Lankford
Republican
Jeff Merkley
Democrat
Marsha Blackburn
Republican
Cynthia Lummis
Republican
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Republican
Tim Kaine
Democrat
Jeanne Shaheen
Democrat
Mike Rounds
Republican
Alex Padilla
Democrat
Bill Hagerty
Republican
Andy Kim
Democrat
John Boozman
Republican
Richard Durbin
Democrat
John Cornyn
Republican
Patty Murray
Democrat
Jerry Moran
Republican
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democrat
Maria Cantwell
Democrat
Mazie Hirono
Democrat
Thom Tillis
Republican
Cory Booker
Democrat
Tina Smith
Democrat
Peter Welch
Democrat
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democrat
Ted Budd
Republican
Catherine Cortez Masto
Democrat
Tim Sheehy
Republican
Tammy Baldwin
Democrat
Pete Ricketts
Republican
Richard Blumenthal
Democrat
Elizabeth Warren
Democrat
Tammy Duckworth
Democrat
John Hoeven
Republican
Rick Scott
Republican
Mark Kelly
Democrat
Jacky Rosen
Democrat
Martin Heinrich
Democrat
Deb Fischer
Republican
Christopher Coons
Democrat
Josh Hawley
Republican
Susan Collins
Republican
Raphael Warnock
Democrat
Ruben Gallego
Democrat
Markwayne Mullin
Republican
Jim Banks
Republican
Gary Peters
Democrat
Kevin Cramer
Republican
Adam Schiff
Democrat
Michael Bennet
Democrat
Eric Schmitt
Republican
Bernie Moreno
Republican
James Justice
Republican