# 119-s-1929: SEPSIS Act

119-s-1929, SEPSIS Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1929
- Congress: 119
- Title: SEPSIS Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-03
- Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-17

## Summary

**Creates a CDC-led sepsis team** to improve hospital sepsis practices, strengthen pediatric sepsis data, and develop standardized outcome measures for adult and pediatric sepsis. - Hospitals would report adoption of the CDC Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements using CDC tools and state reporting and could apply for a voluntary Honor Roll recognizing improvements in early detection and treatment. - Patients and families would benefit from better pediatric data collection and annual briefings on pediatric sepsis rates and reduction efforts designed to inform care and prevention strategies. - Federal health agencies and data systems would be coordinated by the CDC to share sepsis data with CMS and AHRQ, update interoperability data elements with the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and produce sepsis outcome measures. *Would authorize $20.0 million each year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, totaling $100.0 million in authorized appropriations.*

## Cosponsors (8)

- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK), 2026-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN), 2026-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New CDC sepsis program and funding: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would authorize $20 million per year for CDC and HHS sepsis work for fiscal years 2026–2030. The CDC would keep a sepsis team to run an education campaign for hospitals on best practices. The team would improve pediatric sepsis data and share information with Medicare and Medi…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-1547: America the Beautiful Act
- 119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.
- 119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.
- 119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.
- 119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former Senator for the State of Michigan.

## Sources
- [119-s-1929 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1929)

## Related
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-1547: America the Beautiful Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1547)
- [119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former Uni…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-913)
- [119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewel…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-897)
- [119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham,…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-801)
- [119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former S…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-755)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1929 (as of 2026-09-17).