SEPSIS Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1929 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1929 To establish programs to reduce rates of sepsis. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 3, 2025 Mr. Schumer (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Kim) 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 diagnosed with sepsis annually and 350,000 individuals in the United States are killed by sepsis each year. (2) There is a need for increased Federal investment in research related to sepsis to build on res…