HR 8865 United States House · 117th Congress

LuLu’s Law

Summary
National Sepsis Data Research, Outcomes, and Innovation Act or LuLu's Law This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address sepsis. (Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection.) In particular, HHS must standardize the definition of sepsis; make sepsis a nationally notifiable condition; develop a national strategy for treating and eliminating the burden of sepsis; and establish a national sepsis data trust to improve the collection and sharing of data concerning sepsis cases, including through grants to support state-based data trusts.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Sep 2022
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Introduced Sep 15, 2022 Last action Sep 16, 2022
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Sep 16, 2022
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Sep 15, 2022
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Sep 15, 2022
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Introduced in House
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Mikie Sherrill
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