[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 136 (Friday, July 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43772-43774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17813]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; List of Petitions 
Received

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is 
publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine 
Injury Compensation Program (``the Program''), as required by section 
2112(b)(2) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. While 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services is named as the respondent 
in all proceedings brought by the filing of petitions for compensation 
under the Program, the United States Court of Federal Claims is charged 
by statute with responsibility for considering and acting upon the 
petitions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about requirements for 
filing petitions, and the Program in general, contact the Clerk, United 
States

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Court of Federal Claims, 717 Madison Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20005, (202) 219-9657. For information on HRSA's role in the Program, 
contact the Director, National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8A-46, Rockville, MD 20857; (301) 443-6593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Program provides a system of no-fault 
compensation for certain individuals who have been injured by specified 
childhood vaccines. Subtitle 2 of title XXI of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 
300aa-10 et seq., provides that those seeking compensation are to file 
a petition with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and to serve a copy of 
the petition on the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who is 
named as the respondent in each proceeding. The Secretary has delegated 
her responsibility under the Program to HRSA. The Court is directed by 
statute to appoint special masters who take evidence, conduct hearings 
as appropriate, and make initial decisions as to eligibility for, and 
amount of, compensation.
    A petition may be filed with respect to injuries, disabilities, 
illnesses, conditions, and deaths resulting from vaccines described in 
the Vaccine Injury Table (the Table) set forth at section 2114 of the 
PHS Act or as set forth at 42 CFR 100.3, as applicable. This Table 
lists for each covered childhood vaccine the conditions which will lead 
to compensation and, for each condition, the time period for occurrence 
of the first symptom or manifestation of onset or of significant 
aggravation after vaccine administration. Compensation may also be 
awarded for conditions not listed in the Table and for conditions that 
are manifested after the time periods specified in the Table, but only 
if the petitioner shows that the condition was caused by one of the 
listed vaccines.
    Section 2112(b)(2) of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 300aa-12(b)(2), 
requires that the Secretary publish in the Federal Register a notice of 
each petition filed. Set forth below is a list of petitions received by 
HRSA on January 7, 2000, through March 31, 2000.
    Section 2112(b)(2) also provides that the special master ``shall 
afford all interested persons an opportunity to submit relevant, 
written information'' relating to the following:
    1. The existence of evidence ``that there is not a preponderance of 
the evidence that the illness, disability, injury, condition, or death 
described in the petition is due to factors unrelated to the 
administration of the vaccine described in the petition,'' and
    2. Any allegation in a petition that the petitioner either:
    (a) ``Sustained, or had significantly aggravated, any illness, 
disability, injury, or condition not set forth in the Table but which 
was caused by'' one of the vaccines referred to in the Table, or
    (b) ``Sustained, or had significantly aggravated, any illness, 
disability, injury, or condition set forth in the Table the first 
symptom or manifestation of the onset or significant aggravation of 
which did not occur within the time period set forth in the Table but 
which was caused by a vaccine'' referred to in the Table.
    This notice will also serve as the special master's invitation to 
all interested persons to submit written information relevant to the 
issues described above in the case of the petitions listed below. Any 
person choosing to do so should file an original and three (3) copies 
of the information with the Clerk of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims 
at the address listed above (under the heading ``For Further 
Information Contact''), with a copy to HRSA addressed to Director, 
Bureau of Health Professions, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8-05, Rockville, 
MD 20857. The Court's caption (Petitioner's Name v. Secretary of Health 
and Human Services) and the docket number assigned to the petition 
should be used as the caption for the written submission.
    Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, related to paperwork 
reduction, does not apply to information required for purposes of 
carrying out the Program.

List of Petitions

    1. Kathy Timoteo and Montez Boyd on behalf of Cydney J. Boyd, 
Deceased, Torrance, California, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-
0009
    2. Bernadette Elkins on behalf of Jaclyn Christin Elkins, 
Pasadena, Texas, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0014
    3. Kathy and Dan Cassidy on behalf of Shane Cassidy, Vienna, 
Virginia, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0017
    4. Katie and Ralph Hallenborg on behalf of Eric Miles 
Hallenborg, Vienna, Virginia, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0019
    5. Cheryl Pisano, Ocala, Florida, Court of Federal Claims Number 
00-0019
    6. Jessica and Scott Phillips on behalf of Cody James Phillips, 
Deceased, Altamont, New York, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0024
    7. Alicia B. Hicks on behalf of Melvin B. Paschal, Jr., 
Deceased, Atlanta, Georgia, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0026
    8. Geoffrey Dubrowsky on behalf of Daniel Dubrowsky, Red Bank, 
New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0027
    9. Mary L. and Davy B. Wildman on behalf of Nickolas B. Wildman, 
Butler, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0032
    10. Linda Swisher on behalf of Joshua R. McNellis, Long Beach, 
California, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0033
    11. Svetlana Drozdova on behalf of Dennis A. Drozdova, Brooklyn, 
New York, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0041
    12. Catherine Anne Scully-Luderer, Encino, California, Court of 
Federal Claims Number 00-0042
    13. Lisa and David Masha on behalf of Travis Masha, Grosse 
Pointe, Michigan, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0044
    14. Barbara Aiello-Fallon on behalf of William Gabriel Fallon, 
Staten Island, New York, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0045
    15. Elizabeth Feather on behalf of Shae Feather, Boston, 
Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0047
    16. Andrea Shaffer and Timothy Hawthorne on behalf of Matthew 
Aubrey Shaffer, Harker Heights, Texas, Court of Federal Claims 
Number 00-0052
    17. Lucinda Valdovi Montano on behalf of Joanne Montano, Los 
Angeles, California, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0058
    18. Deann and Joseph Comiskey on behalf of Jaclynne R. Comiskey, 
Deceased,   Albuquerque, New Mexico, Court of Federal   Claims 
Number 00-0060
    19. Luann Parker, Cincinnati, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims 
Number 00-0072
    20. Barbara and Jerry Pharr on behalf of Shelia Pharr, 
Lincolnton, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0079
    21. Jason Coulter and Jill Bonovic on behalf of Sierra Coulter, 
Appleton, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0081
    22. Gary Jacob on behalf of Tanya Jacob, Santa Monica, 
California, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0084
    23. Rosalinda and Jose Lopez on behalf of Steven Lopez, Premont, 
Texas, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0088
    24. Brenda Ejemai, Brooklyn, New York, Court of Federal Claims 
Number 00-0090
    25. Letecia and Timothy Tremaine on behalf of Devine Sara 
Tremaine, Merrionette Park, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims Number 
00-0094
    26. Eileen and Robert Seemayer on behalf of Patrick Robert 
Seemayer, Redwood City, California, Court of Federal Claims Number 
00-0095
    27. Michelle Carlisle on behalf of Justin Hunter Carlisle, 
Houston, Texas, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0110
    28. Martha Marie Valasquez on behalf of Joseph Adam Ward, 
Crockett, Texas, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0117
    29. Michel Tudor on behalf of Bria Tudor, New York, New York, 
Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0118
    30. Jennifer and Carroll Williams on behalf of Steven Paul 
Williams, Deceased, Iuka, Mississippi, Court of Federal Claims 
Number 00-0123
    31. John R. Taylor, Atkinson, Nebraska, Court of Federal Claims 
Number 00-0126
    32. Gerald W. Doffing, Polk, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims 
Number 00-0131
    33. Pennie and Darrell Summers on behalf of Darrius Nathan 
Summers, Hyattsville, Maryland, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-
0132

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    34. Evangelina Guzman-DeMello on behalf of Jeremy Xavier 
DeMello, St. Paul, Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0133
    35. Nikki Embree on behalf of Mackenzie Embree, Independence, 
Missouri, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0142
    36. Norma Jean Allen, Indianapolis, Indiana, Court of Federal 
Claims Number 00-0145
    37. George C. Lewis, Beeville, Texas, Court of Federal Claims 
Number 00-0146
    38. Patricia A. Nash on behalf of James Todd Nash, Markham, 
Illinois, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0149
    39. Cindy Cairns on behalf of Mitchell Cairns, San Jose, 
California, Court of Federal Claims Number 00-0158
    40. Margaret Althen, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal 
Claims Number 00-0170

Claude Earl Fox,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 00-17813 Filed 7-13-00; 8:45 am]
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