NJ lawmakers advance bill aimed at curbing deadly sepsis cases

State lawmakers want to require hospitals to adopt protocols to address sepsis, which kills roughly 2,000 adults here annually.

By: Lilo H. Stainton

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: May 12, 2026

Words: 670

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Lawmakers advanced a bipartisan bill that would require New Jersey hospitals to adopt protocols to reduce sepsis, a condition that experts say is hard to diagnose and kills roughly 2,000 adults here each year.

The Assembly health committee voted unanimously Monday in favor of the bill following testimony from families who lost children to sepsis, a systemic reaction to an infection that can quickly spiral into multiple organ failure …

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