S 552
119th Congress
Senate
Health
Alaska
Hawaii
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
CRITICAL Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Comprehensive Reimbursement Initiative Targeting Investment and Care in rural Locations or the CRITICAL Act
This bill increases the Medicare payment rate by 4% for services provided by critical access hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 552: CRITICAL Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-552/
"S. 552: CRITICAL Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-552/.
S. 552, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-552/.
[S. 552: CRITICAL Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-552/)