The SEPSIS Act establishes a federal program to reduce sepsis deaths and hospitalizations in the United States, where approximately 1.7 million people are diagnosed annually and 350,000 die each year. The bill directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create a sepsis team that will lead public education campaigns, improve data collection (particularly for children), work with Medicare to develop quality measures, and track hospital adoption of sepsis best practices modeled on New York's "Rory's Regulations." The legislation also requires the CDC to submit annual reports to Congress on sepsis reduction efforts and may establish a voluntary "honor roll" program recognizing hospitals with effective sepsis programs. The bill authorizes $20 million annually from 2026 through 2030 to fund these programs, with the first report to Congress due within one year of enactment. Overall, the bill aims to reduce preventable sepsis deaths through better early detection, treatment protocols, and federal coordination.
Take Action
Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.