SEPSIS Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5026 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5026 To establish programs to reduce rates of sepsis. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 11, 2024 Mr. Schumer (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Casey) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish programs to reduce rates of sepsis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Enhanced Programs, Systems, and Initiatives for Sepsis Act'' or the ``SEPSIS Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds as follows: (1) 1,700,000 individuals in the United States are infected by sepsis annually and 350,000 individuals in the United States are killed by sepsis each year. (2) Sepsis affects different groups of people unevenly, with Black Americans twice as likely t…