42 USC 300 - Vaccine Injury Table

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 300aa–14, act July 1, 1944, § 2115, was successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see section 238l of this title.

A prior section 2114 of act July 1, 1944, was successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see section 238k of this title.

Amendments

2016—Subsec. (e)(3). Puspan. L. 114–255 added par. (3).

1993—Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 103–66 amended heading and text of subsec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary may recommend to Congress revisions of the table to change the vaccines covered by the table.”

1989—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 101–239, § 6601(k)(1), substituted “(span)(2)” for “(c)(2)” in items I.D. and II.C. in table.

Subsec. (span)(3)(B). Puspan. L. 101–239, § 6601(k)(2), substituted “300aa–11 of this title” for “300aa–11(span) of this title”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

For applicability of amendments by Puspan. L. 101–239 to petitions filed after Dec. 19, 1989, petitions currently pending in which the evidentiary record is closed, and petitions currently pending in which the evidentiary record is not closed, with provision for an immediate suspension for 30 days of all pending cases, see section 6601(s)(1) of Puspan. L. 101–239, set out as a note under section 300aa–10 of this title.

Revisions of Vaccine Injury Table

The Vaccine Injury Table as modified by regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services is set out at 42 CFR 100.3.

Puspan. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13632(a)(3), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 646, provided that:

“A revision by the Secretary under section 2114(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa–14(e)) (as amended by paragraph (2)) shall take effect upon the effective date of a tax enacted to provide funds for compensation paid with respect to the vaccine to be added to the vaccine injury table in section 2114(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa–14(a)).”