# 119-hr-5275: Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act of 2025

119-hr-5275, Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5275
- Congress: 119
- Title: Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-17

## Summary

**Adds blood culture contamination as a hospital-acquired condition under Medicare.** This change would require the Secretary to establish a blood culture contamination measure capped at 1 percent for HAC applicability, effective for discharges in fiscal year 2026 and later. - Hospitals: Hospitals would be measured on blood culture contamination and could be designated as "applicable hospitals" under Medicare's hospital-acquired condition rules if their contamination rate exceeds 1 percent. - Medicare oversight: The Secretary would have to create and apply a Blood culture contamination measure that limits the rate used for HAC determinations to 1 percent. - Timing and scope: The provision applies to discharges during fiscal year 2026 and later and inserts a new quantitative standard into the existing HAC measurement framework.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2025-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (R-OK), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Medicare limits contaminated hospital blood tests: benefit, high. This bill would add blood culture contamination to Medicare’s list of hospital-acquired conditions. The Secretary of Health and Human Services would set a measure so hospitals keep contamination at or below 1%. It would apply to hospital discharges in fiscal year 2026 and later. This measure would…

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- 119-hr-3164: Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
- 119-hr-516: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
- 119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
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## Sources
- [119-hr-5275 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5275)

## Related
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- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-3164: Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3164)
- [119-hr-516: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track mainten…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-516)
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
- [119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4382)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5275 (as of 2026-07-17).