Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2026

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Introduced 2026-07-14Topic: health care · public health · taxes

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This bill changes the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. It requires at least 10 special masters to decide claims, raises the death award to $600,000 and the pain-and-suffering cap to $600,000, and extends the time to file a claim from 36 months to 5 years. It directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to add COVID-19 vaccines to the Vaccine Injury Table and lets people who received them file claims. It adds dengue, COVID-19, RSV, shingles, and other licensed vaccines to the list of taxed vaccines and raises the vaccine excise tax from 75 cents to $2.20.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-07-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-07-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-07-14		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-07-14		Introduced in House	introduce

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