Bill > HR3655

This bill, titled the Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2021, aims to make updates to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). The key provisions include: 1) Establishing a minimum of 10 special masters to handle VICP petitions, up from the previous maximum of 8, and adding reporting requirements on the number of pending petitions and scheduled hearings; 2) Requiring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide recommendations on VICP improvements within 6 months, instead of the previous 2-year timeline, and expanding the recommendations to cover adults and pregnant women; 3) Increasing compensation for vaccine-related deaths to $600,000 in 2021, with annual adjustments for inflation, and increasing the cap on compensation for pain and suffering to $600,000 in 2021, also with annual adjustments; and 4) Extending the statute of limitations for filing VICP claims from 36 months to 5 years.

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