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Sep 10, 2025
Policy Area:
Health
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Sep 10, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Sep 10, 2025
Introduced in House
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Sep 10, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 6:11 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5275 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5275
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include blood
contamination as a hospital acquired condition under the Medicare
program.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 10, 2025
Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. Craig) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include blood
contamination as a hospital acquired condition under the Medicare
program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5275 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5275
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include blood
contamination as a hospital acquired condition under the Medicare
program.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 10, 2025
Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. Craig) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include blood
contamination as a hospital acquired condition under the Medicare
program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2.
UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
Section 1886
(p) of the Social Security Act (42 U.
(p) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1305ww
(p) ) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph
(3) --
(A) by striking ``means a condition'' and inserting
the following: ``means--
``
(A) a condition'';
(B) by striking ``subsection
(d) (4)
(D)
(iv) and
any'' and inserting the following: ``subsection
(d) (4)
(D)
(iv) ;
``
(C) any''; and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph
(A) the
following new subparagraph:
``
(B) with respect to discharges occurring during
fiscal year 2026 or a subsequent fiscal year, blood
culture contamination; and'';
(2) by redesignating paragraph
(7) as paragraph
(8) ; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph
(6) the following new
paragraph:
``
(7) Blood culture contamination measure.--In establishing
a measure for blood culture contamination for a subsection
(d) hospital for purposes of determining whether such hospital is
an applicable hospital under paragraph
(2) , the Secretary shall
so establish such a measure on the basis that the rate of such
contamination should not exceed 1 percent.''.
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