through advancing the pace of academic re-
search and catalyzing more investment in mech-
anisms that provide promise in the early rec-
ognition and expeditious treatment of sepsis; 
‘‘(B) support public health efforts to im-
prove sepsis care, particularly in underserved 
geographic areas and among at-risk and under- 
served communities; 
‘‘(C) improve the targeting of antimicrobial 
drugs and other substances for the treatment of 
sepsis, promoting both better care and improved 
antimicrobial stewardship; 
‘‘(D) coordinate with States and State sep-
sis advisory committees in the development of 
statewide sepsis repositories, including by defin-
ing data elements to be included in statewide 
sepsis repositories; and 
‘‘(E) provide for appropriate privacy and 
security of de-identified information in the re-
pository. 
‘‘(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
paragraph (1) shall be construed as requiring a 
State to provide data to the national sepsis reposi-
tory established under such paragraph. 
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‘‘(d) NATIONAL SEPSIS ACTION PLAN.—The Sec-
retary shall develop a national action plan to reduce the 
incidence of sepsis, improve outcomes, and reduce the clin-
ical and economic burden of sepsis. 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall create 
a sepsis advisory committee to advise the Secretary 
in the development of a sepsis action plan. The sep-
sis advisory committee shall include a multidisci-
plinary and diverse membership that represents a 
variety of stakeholders, including clinical specialtists, 
public health officials, epidemiologists, payors, pa-
tient safety advocates, and individuals or organiza-
tions that represent sepsis survivors, family mem-
bers of sepsis patients, and populations that are 
most affected by sepsis or experience the greatest 
disparities in sepsis outcomes. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS OF SEPSIS ACTION PLAN.—The 
sepsis action plan developed under paragraph (1) 
may include— 
‘‘(A) increasing research; 
‘‘(B) spurring innovation; 
‘‘(C) incentivizing development of diag-
nostic tools and treatments; 
‘‘(D) coordinating among agencies within 
the Department of Health and Human Services 
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and other Federal agencies, academic institu-
tions, and non-profit organizations; 
‘‘(E) coordinating information assembled 
through the statewide sepsis repositories; 
‘‘(F) identifying populations that are at 
higher risk for contracting sepsis or for dis-
parate sepsis outcomes; and 
‘‘(G) detailing specific actions to be taken 
to address and eliminate the burden of sepsis, 
including among at-risk populations. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DE-IDENTIFIED.—The term ‘de-identified’ 
means, with respect to data in a data trust estab-
lished under or pursuant to this section, information 
that has been de-identified (and remains de-identi-
fied) in accordance with the applicable requirements 
of section 164.514 of title 45, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations (or any successor regulation). 
‘‘(2) SEPSIS REPOSITORY.—The term ‘sepsis re-
pository’ means an interoperable, de-identified, pri-
vacy-protected collection system that contains de- 
identified data from a variety of sources established 
by individual States.’’. 
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