National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Revisions to the Vaccine Injury Table
other · US Department of Health and Human Services · Rule · Published 2017-01-19 · Effective 2017-02-21 · 82 FR 6294
Document
Document number
2017-00701
Federal Register citation
82 FR 6294
CFR reference
42 CFR 100
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Health and Human Services
Publication date
2017-01-19
Effective date
2017-02-21
Abstract
On July 29, 2015, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the regulations governing the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP or program) by proposing revisions to the Vaccine Injury Table (Table). The Secretary based the Table revisions primarily on the 2012 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, "Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality," the work of nine HHS workgroups who reviewed the IOM findings, and consideration of the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines' (ACCV) recommendations. The Secretary amends the Table through the changes in this final rule. These changes will apply only to petitions for compensation under the VICP filed after this final rule becomes effective.