OK HB1686

Hospitals must establish, implement, and periodically update evidence-based protocols for early identification and treatment of sepsis and septic shock, covering both healthcare-acquired and community-acquired cases

Sepsis protocols must include patient screening procedures, treatment guidelines, population-specific components (perinatal, neonatal, pediatric, adult), and documentation of patients for whom treatment is appropriate or inappropriate

Hospitals must train clinical staff on sepsis protocols and provide updated training when substantive revisions are made

Third-party payors, Medicaid managed care organizations, and health benefit plans must use clinical criteria for sepsis requiring only a provider's diagnosis with suspected/confirmed infection source plus two or more inflammatory response symptoms (elevated temperature, heart rate, white blood count, or respiratory rate)

Effective date is November 1, 2025