National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program provisions of the Public Health Service Act

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The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program provisions of the Public Health Service Act establish a federal no-fault system that compensates individuals for certain vaccine-related injuries or deaths as an alternative to traditional civil litigation.

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instanceOf federal statutory provisions ⓘ
vaccine injury compensation framework ⓘ
adjudicatedBy United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
administeredBy U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
administeredThrough Health Resources and Services Administration ⓘ
aimsTo encourage vaccine innovation ⓘ
ensure a supply of vaccines in the United States ⓘ
stabilize the vaccine market by limiting manufacturer liability ⓘ
allows compensation for off-table injuries with proof of causation ⓘ
appliesTo certain adult vaccines designated as covered ⓘ
covered childhood vaccines ⓘ
beneficiary heirs or estates of individuals who died from covered vaccine injuries ⓘ
individuals alleging injury from covered vaccines ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defines Vaccine Injury Table injuries presumed to be caused by vaccines ⓘ
encourages reporting of adverse vaccine events ⓘ
establishes National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ⓘ
procedures for attorney fee awards in vaccine injury cases ⓘ
standards of proof for vaccine injury causation ⓘ
fundedBy Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund ⓘ
fundingSource excise tax on each dose of covered vaccine ⓘ
governs appeals from decisions of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in vaccine cases ⓘ
procedures for settlement of vaccine injury claims ⓘ
implementedBy federal regulations under the Public Health Service Act ⓘ
includes Vaccine Injury Table mechanism ⓘ
legalEffect channels most vaccine injury claims into a specialized federal forum ⓘ
legalNature no-fault compensation system ⓘ
legalSystem United States federal law ⓘ
limits certain civil actions against vaccine manufacturers and administrators ⓘ
partOf Public Health Service Act ⓘ
policyArea public health ⓘ
tort reform ⓘ
vaccine safety ⓘ
protects vaccine manufacturers from certain design-defect claims ⓘ
provides compensation for lost wages 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 ⓘ
purpose to compensate individuals for certain vaccine-related injuries or deaths ⓘ
to provide an alternative to traditional civil litigation for vaccine-related injuries ⓘ
relatedTo National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 ⓘ
requires Secretary of Health and Human Services to maintain the Vaccine Injury Table ⓘ
exhaustion of VICP remedies before most civil lawsuits ⓘ
periodic review and update of the Vaccine Injury Table ⓘ
petitioners to file claims in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
petitions to be filed within specified limitation periods ⓘ
sets limits on pain and suffering awards in vaccine injury cases ⓘ
statutory death benefit amounts for vaccine-related deaths ⓘ
shortName VICP provisions of the Public Health Service Act ⓘ

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