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  • S. 5026 aims to reduce sepsis rates by establishing new programs through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The bill mandates the creation of an education campaign to highlight best practices for sepsis treatment and seeks to improve data collection,...

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    S. 5026 is a plan to help stop a serious sickness called sepsis by teaching doctors better ways to treat it and by giving hospitals special awards for doing a great job. Every year for five years, they want to spend a big sum of money to make sure they're doing everything they can to keep people, especially kids, safe and healthy.

  • H.R. 8078, known as the "Sepsis Harm and Cost Reduction Act" or "LuLu’s Law," aims to provide federal support for states to create pilot programs for repositories that track sepsis cases. The bill outlines plans for grants to up to five states annually to establish statewide...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 8078, also called "LuLu’s Law," is a plan to help states keep track of a serious illness called sepsis by giving them money to build special databases, hoping this will help doctors take better care of people and make them less sick.