This bill amends Chapter 23-17 of the General Laws entitled "Licensing of Healthcare Facilities" to require the director of the department of health to develop and make available to healthcare facilities information on best practices for the treatment of patients with sepsis and septic shock. The best practices would include an evidence-based screening tool, treatment protocols with time-specific goals, nurse-driven testing protocols, incorporation of sepsis screening and treatment tools into electronic health records, mechanisms for escalating care and transferring patients to higher-level facilities, strategies for hand-offs and communication, hospital-specific antibiotic guidelines, and staff education on sepsis policies and procedures. Each hospital would be required to establish a multi-disciplinary committee to implement these policies and procedures and collect and report quality measures related to the recognition and treatment of severe sepsis. The department of health would also offer continuing education credits and other educational opportunities on sepsis for healthcare practitioners. This act would take effect upon passage.