[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5275 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 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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