The SEPSIS Act establishes a federal program to reduce sepsis deaths and hospitalizations in the United States, where sepsis affects 1.7 million Americans annually and kills approximately 350,000. 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), develop quality measures, and share best practices based on proven protocols like those used in New York hospitals. The CDC will also provide annual briefings to Congress on hospital adoption of sepsis prevention practices and create a voluntary recognition program to honor hospitals with effective sepsis programs. The legislation authorizes $20 million per year from 2026 through 2030 to support these efforts, which aim to prevent deaths through early recognition and treatment of sepsis, a condition that experts say is preventable in most fatal cases.
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