S 1929 — SEPSIS Act

Bill Text

• Introduced Introduced in Senate Current html June 03, 2025

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The bill establishes new programs and requirements related to sepsis within the Public Health Service Act.

• Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.)

  SEC. 317W. SEPSIS PROGRAMS. (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this section as the `Director'), shall maintain a sepsis team for purposes of-- (1) leading an education campaign on best practices for addressing sepsis in hospitals, such as the practices outlined in the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (2) improving data collection on pediatric sepsis; (3) sharing information with the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to inform the development and implementation of sepsis quality measures to improve outcomes for patients; (4) updating data elements with respect to sepsis used by the United States Core Data for Interoperability, in coordination with the heads of other relevant agencies and offices of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Director of the Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology; (5) facilitating efforts across the Department of Health and Human Services to develop outcome measures with respect to sepsis; and (6) carrying out other activities related to sepsis, as the Director determines appropriate. (b) Report on Development of Outcome Measures.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Securing Enhanced Programs, Systems, and Initiatives for Sepsis Act, the Director shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the development and implementation of outcome measures for sepsis, for both adult and pediatric populations, that take into consideration the social and clinical factors that affect the likelihood a patient will develop sepsis. (c) Annual Briefing on Sepsis Activities.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Securing Enhanced Programs, Systems, and Initiatives for Sepsis Act, and annually thereafter, the Director shall present to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a briefing on-- (1) aggregate data on the adoption by hospitals of sepsis best practices, including the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements, as reported by hospitals to the Director, using the hospital sepsis program assessment tool of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and State sepsis reporting requirements; (2) rates of pediatric sepsis and efforts to reduce cases of pediatric sepsis, including how the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements can be effective at supporting efforts to reduce cases of pediatric sepsis; (3) the coordination of sepsis reduction efforts across the Department of Health and Human Services; (4) in partnership with the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, an evaluation of the impact of the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements on quality of care for patients; (5) data sharing from the National Healthcare Safety Network with other agencies and offices of the Department of Health and Human Services with respect to sepsis; and (6) a report on the latest datasets on sepsis, as provided to the Director by the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (d) Honor Roll Program.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary may establish a voluntary program for recognizing hospitals that maintain effective sepsis programs or improve their sepsis programs over time, including in the areas of early detection, effective treatment, and overall progress in the reduction of the burden of sepsis. (2) Applications; selection.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall-- (A) solicit applications from hospitals; and (B) establish public benchmarks by which the Secretary will select hospitals for recognition under such paragraph, including with respect to each area described in such paragraph. (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.

  This new section introduces specific programs and funding to address sepsis, including education, data collection, and quality measures, thus enhancing the Public Health Service Act.

Action History

1. June 03, 2025

   Introduced in Senate

2. June 03, 2025

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S3207-3208)

Sponsors

• Susan M. Collins · Cosponsor
• Andy Kim · Cosponsor
• Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor
• Christopher Murphy · Cosponsor
• Lisa Murkowski · Cosponsor
• Jim Banks · Cosponsor
• Christopher A. Coons · Cosponsor
• Charles E. Schumer · Primary

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