“A bill to establish programs to reduce rates of sepsis.”
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This section states congressional findings on sepsis, including annual U.S. diagnoses (1.7 million), deaths (350,000), the need for increased federal research investment (building on National Institutes of Health efforts, including pediatric research by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development), and support for the infectious disease workforce. The section further finds that sepsis is among the most expensive hospital conditions (with 1 in 5 readmissions within 30 days and 1 in 3 within 180 days), 80% of cases begin outside hospitals, most fatalities are preventable with early recognition and treatment, and New York State's hospital sepsis protocols (“Rory’s Regulations”) have proven effective in saving lives.
This section establishes a sepsis team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to (1) lead an education campaign on hospital sepsis best practices, such as the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements; (2) improve pediatric sepsis data collection; (3) share information with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop sepsis quality measures; (4) update sepsis data elements in the United States Core Data for Interoperability; (5) facilitate sepsis outcome measures across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (6) conduct other appropriate sepsis activities. The section further directs CDC to submit a report to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce within one year of enactment on sepsis outcome measures for adults and children that account for social and clinical risk factors; provide annual briefings thereafter on hospital adoption of best practices, pediatric sepsis rates and reduction efforts, HHS coordination, evaluation of Core Elements' impact with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), National Healthcare Safety Network data sharing, and latest AHRQ sepsis datasets; and establish a voluntary honor roll recognizing hospitals for effective or improving sepsis programs based on public benchmarks in early detection, treatment, and burden reduction. The section authorizes $20 million for each of FY2026 through FY2030.