This bill directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to keep a dedicated sepsis team and adds a new section (317W) to the Public Health Service Act. The sepsis team would lead an education campaign on hospital best practices, improve data collection on pediatric sepsis, share information with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help shape sepsis quality measures, and update sepsis data elements used for health record interoperability in coordination with other HHS offices. The team would also help develop sepsis outcome measures across HHS and carry out other sepsis-related activities the CDC Director finds appropriate.
The bill requires the CDC Director to send a report within 1 year about developing outcome measures for adult and pediatric sepsis that consider social and clinical factors. The Director must also provide an annual briefing to relevant Congressional committees on hospital adoption of sepsis best practices, pediatric sepsis rates and reduction efforts, HHS coordination, an AHRQ evaluation of the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements, data sharing from the National Healthcare Safety Network, and the latest sepsis datasets from AHRQ. The Secretary may create a voluntary "honor roll" to recognize hospitals that maintain or improve sepsis programs. The bill authorizes $20,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to carry out this section.
The bill authorizes $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to carry out the sepsis section (317W). No publicly available information on estimated total federal outlays, cost estimates by the Congressional Budget Office, or how the authorized funds would be specifically allocated beyond the authorization.
The bill text states that many people in the United States are diagnosed with and die from sepsis each year, that most sepsis cases begin outside the hospital, and that many sepsis deaths are preventable with early recognition and treatment. It notes support for more federal research on sepsis (including pediatric research), the need to bolster the infectious disease workforce, and cites New York State "Rory's Regulations" as an example of hospital sepsis protocols that have saved lives. Supporters in the bill seek stronger data, better hospital practices, and national-scale learning from proven protocols.
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