Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIX— - VACCINES › Part Part 2— - National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program › Subpart subpart a— - program requirements › § 300aa–17
When the program pays someone for a vaccine-related injury or death, the compensation trust takes over that person's legal right to try to recover money for that same injury, but only up to the amount the trust paid. Any money the trust gets back must be collected for and put into the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
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42 U.S.C. § 300aa–17
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73