H.R. 5275

Summary

H.R. 5275, the Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Sep 10, 2025 by Rep. Mike Kelly (R) with 7 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Sep 10, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Record

Text

H.R. 5275 has 7 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5275 IH: Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-10
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5275  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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act of 2025  .
2.
Including blood contamination as a hospital acquired condition under the Medicare program
Section 1886(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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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include blood contamination as a hospital acquired condition under the Medicare program.

Sponsors

Rep. Mike Kelly (R) sponsors H.R. 5275, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Mike Kelly

Rep. · R–PA-16 · Sponsor

Introduced Sep 10, 2025

Angela Craig

Rep. · D–MN-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 10, 2025 · Original

Josh Gottheimer

Rep. · D–NJ-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 19, 2025

Eugene Vindman

Rep. · D–VA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 17, 2025

Adrian Smith

Rep. · R–NE-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025

Kevin Hern

Rep. · R–OK-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 21, 2026

Carol Miller

Rep. · R–WV-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 23, 2026

Claudia Tenney

Rep. · R–NY-24 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 15, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 5275 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Sep 10, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5275 has taken 2 actions since Sep 10, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5275 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5275 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include blood contamination as a hospital acquired condition under the Medicare program. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 7 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5275 in 5 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Medicare/Medicaid, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Insurance, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5275 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5275’s is Health.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5275, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 10, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:H.R. 5275.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H4239]

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