National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986

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The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 is a U.S. federal law that created a no-fault compensation program for individuals allegedly injured by certain vaccines and established a specialized legal framework for handling such claims.

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
vaccine-related legislation ⓘ
administeredBy Health Resources and Services Administration ⓘ
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
allows civil lawsuits after exhaustion of compensation program remedies ⓘ
amendedBy Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 ⓘ
subsequent federal legislation modifying covered vaccines and procedures ⓘ
appliesTo childhood vaccines recommended by the CDC for routine administration ⓘ
codifiedIn 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to 300aa-34 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdCourtProcess United States Court of Federal Claims vaccine docket ⓘ
createdFund Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund ⓘ
createdProgram National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ⓘ
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ⓘ
createdRequirement reporting of certain adverse events following vaccination ⓘ
createdRole special masters for vaccine cases ⓘ
createdSystem Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System ⓘ
dateSigned 1986-11-14 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
established Vaccine Injury Table ⓘ
no-fault compensation system for certain vaccine injuries ⓘ
fundedBy excise tax on covered vaccines ⓘ
jurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
legalFramework petitions decided by special masters in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
limits civil liability of vaccine manufacturers for certain vaccine-related injuries ⓘ
presumption causation for injuries listed on the Vaccine Injury Table within specified timeframes ⓘ
provides compensation for lost earnings related to covered vaccine injuries ⓘ
compensation for medical expenses related to covered vaccine injuries ⓘ
compensation for pain and suffering up to a statutory cap ⓘ
death benefits for vaccine-related deaths ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 99-660 ⓘ
purpose to ensure an adequate supply of vaccines ⓘ
to maintain high vaccination rates ⓘ
to provide compensation for individuals allegedly injured by certain vaccines ⓘ
to reduce vaccine manufacturers’ exposure to tort liability ⓘ
to stabilize the childhood vaccine market ⓘ
relatedTo product liability for vaccines ⓘ
public health law in the United States ⓘ
requires healthcare providers to give vaccine information statements to patients or parents ⓘ
petitioners to file vaccine injury claims in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
recordkeeping by vaccine administrators ⓘ
shortTitle National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act ⓘ
signedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
standardOfProof preponderance of the evidence for off-table injuries ⓘ
titleInPublicLaw Title III of Public Law 99-660 ⓘ
VaccineInjuryTableFor specified vaccines and associated injuries ⓘ
VAERSCoAdministeredBy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ
Food and Drug Administration ⓘ
yearEnacted 1986 ⓘ

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Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims → legalBasis → National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 ⓘ
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 → shortTitle → National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act ⓘ
linked to: National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program → createdBy → National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act ⓘ
linked to: National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program → legalBasis → National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 ⓘ
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program → relatedTo → National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act ⓘ
linked to: National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986
Vaccine Court → legalBasis → National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 ⓘ
Vaccine Injury Table → legalBasis → National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 ⓘ
Vaccine Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims → relatedTo → National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 ⓘ
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund → legalBasis → National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 ⓘ
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund → establishedBy → National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 ⓘ