HR 1349
108th Congress
House
Health
Claims
Compensation (Law)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Death
Earnings
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family services
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Guardian and ward
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal fees
Limitation of actions
Public service advertising
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2003
Introduced: March 19, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 19, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 19, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) revise the basis for calculating the projected lost earnings of a person who sustained a vaccine-related injury; (2) increase the award for a vaccine-related death; (3) allow compensation for expenses for family counseling and establishing guardianship; (4) allow payment of interim attorneys' fees and costs; (5) establish a procedure for paying attorneys' fees; (6) extend from two to six years the statute of limitations for injuries or death from a vaccine set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table; (7) revise the membership and meeting schedule of the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines; and (8) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a public service announcement campaign about the availability of the Program.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the limit on Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund administrative expenses.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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