HR8078-118

Introduced

To authorize Federal support of States in piloting interoperable State-based repositories of sepsis cases, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Apr 18, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To authorize Federal support of States in piloting interoperable State-based repositories of sepsis cases, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HFEBE829249304D7E8939828A31B5819D: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sepsis Harm and Cost Reduction Act or the LuLu’s Law.
  • Section HD31367E97E5840D9867AC59DAF6E25B5: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Sepsis affects 1.7 million people in the United States each year, and results in 350,000 adult deaths annually....
  • Section HBCD22FD587614EFA943DD56984FDBE41: 3. Reducing the burden of sepsis Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:...
  • Section HCC4AA1E8D1EA4299BF437F8F9E4D1B4D: 399V–8. Reducing the burden of sepsis Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the Sepsis Harm and Cost Reduction Act, the Secretary shall...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To authorize Federal support of States in piloting interoperable State-based repositories of sepsis cases, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Government Operations, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, To authorize Federal support of States in piloting interoperable State-based repositories of sepsis cases, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Government Operations Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
health care providers and patients:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 18, 2024

Ms. Sherrill (for herself and Mr. Bucshon) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Government Operations Environment
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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