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Creates a CDC-led national sepsis program to boost hospital sepsis prevention, detection, treatment, and data collection—with special attention to pediatric sepsis. It directs CDC to run an education campaign on hospital best practices, improve pediatric sepsis data, coordinate sepsis outcome measure development across HHS, share information with CMS to inform quality measures, and offer a voluntary hospital recognition “honor roll.” The bill authorizes $20 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2030 and requires a report on sepsis outcome measures within one year and annual briefings to Congressional health committees.
The bill aims to reduce sepsis deaths by funding CDC-led guidance, data modernization, and research, but it requires federal spending and will impose reporting, IT, and operational burdens that could strain smaller hospitals and create performance pressures on providers.
Patients (adults with chronic conditions and children) will likely experience fewer preventable sepsis deaths and complications because CDC-led guidance, training, hospital protocol adoption, and expanded research focus aim to improve early detection and treatment.
Hospitals and health systems will receive federal resources and coordination (funding for CDC activities, evaluations, and data modernization) to improve sepsis surveillance and target interventions faster through updated USCDI elements and NHSN data sharing.
Pediatric patients will benefit from improved pediatric-specific data collection and targeted reduction efforts that can inform better care and reduce pediatric sepsis rates.
Hospitals (especially smaller and rural facilities) will face increased administrative, reporting, IT and compliance burdens to adopt protocols, update data elements, report to CDC/NHSN, and apply for recognition, raising operational costs and staff strain.
Taxpayers will fund roughly $100 million over five years ($20M/year), requiring federal spending that could divert funds from other public health priorities or create budget tradeoffs.
Linking CDC sepsis data and emphasis on preventability could create new performance pressures and liability/public scrutiny for providers, potentially affecting hospital reimbursements, rankings, and clinician risk exposure.
Introduced January 15, 2026 by Donald Norcross · Last progress January 15, 2026