Archived regional information
2024 public comment presentations
2023 public comment presentations
2022 public comment presentations
2021 public comment presentations
- Require Lower Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 Testing for Lung Donors
- Update Data Collection to Align with US Public Health Service Guideline 2020
- Guidance for Data Collection Regarding Classification of Citizenship Status
- Ethical Considerations of Continuous Distribution in Organ Allocation
- Update on OPTN Regional Review Project
- Report Primary Graft Dysfunction in Heart Transplant Recipients
- Amend Status Extension Requirements in Adult Heart Allocation Policy
- Update Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Equivalency Tables
- Update on Continuous Distribution of Kidneys and Pancreata
- Review of National Liver Review Board (NLRB) Diagnoses and Update to Alcohol-Associated Diagnoses
- Establish Continuous Distribution of Lungs
- Reassess Inclusion of Race in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) Equation
- Enhance Transplant Program Performance Monitoring System
- Data Collection to Evaluate Organ Logistics and Allocation
- Establish Membership Requirements for Uterus Transplant Programs
- Refine Lung Data Fields
- Clarify Multi-Organ Allocation Policy
- Modify the Deceased Donor Registration (DDR) Form
- Develop Measures for Primary Graft Dysfunction in Hearts
- Update Transplant Program Key Personnel Training and Experience Requirements
- Calculate Median MELD at Transplant around the Donor Hospital and Update Sorting within Liver Allocation
- 2021-2024 OPTN Strategic Plan
- Require Notification of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Typing Changes
- Update National Liver Review Board Guidance Documents and Policy Clarification
- Revise General Considerations In Assessment for Transplant Candidacy
- Align OPTN Policy with U.S. Public Health Service Guideline, 2020
- Executive Update
- Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Committees
- Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee
- Lung Transplantation Committee
- Performance and Member Collaborative Projects
- SRTR Living Donor Collective Update
- The Future State of Organ Allocation
2020 public comment presentations
- Align OPTN Policy with U.S. Public Health Service Guideline, 2020
- Guidance and Policy Clarifications Addressing Adult Heart Allocation Policy
- Guidance Addressing the Use of Pediatric Heart Exceptions
- Modify Living Donor Policy to Include Living VCA Donors
- Further Enhancements to the National Liver Review Board (NLRB)
- Programming VCA Allocation in UNet
- Modify Data Collection on VCA Living Donors
- COVID-19 Emergency Policies and Data Collection
- Updated Cohort for Calculation of the Lung Allocation Score (LAS)
- Update on the Continuous Distribution of Organs Project
- COVID-19 Emergency Policies and Data Collection
- OPTN Public Comment Orientation
- National Heart Review Board for Pediatrics (Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee)
- Data Collection to Assess Socioeconomic Status (SES) and Access to Transplant (Minority Affairs Committee)
- Addressing Medically Urgent Candidates in New Kidney Allocation Policy (Kidney Transplantation Committee)
- Distribution of Kidneys and Pancreata from Alaska (Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation Committees)
- Modifications to Released Kidney and Pancreas Allocation (Organ Procurement Organization Committee)
- Enhancements to the National Liver Review Board (Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee)
- Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Equivalency Tables Update (2020) (Histocompatibility Committee)
- Guidance and Policy Modifications Addressing Blood Type Determination (Operations and Safety Committee)
- Modify Blood Type Determination and Reporting Policies
- Guidance on Blood Type Determination
- Update to VCA Transplant Outcomes Data Collection (Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) Transplantation Committee)
- Measuring Transplant Outcomes by Collecting Data on Children Born to Uterus Recipients (Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) Transplantation Committee)
Abdominal
- Addressing Medically Urgent Candidates in New Kidney Allocation Policy (Kidney Transplantation Committee)
- Modifications to Release Kidney and Pancreas Allocation (Organ Procurement Organization Committee)
- Enhancements to the National Liver Review Board (Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee)
- Liver and Intestinal Transplantation Committee Update
Thoracic
- Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee
- Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee Update
- National Heart Review Board for Pediatrics
- Continuous Distribution of Lungs Update
- Winter 2020 OPTN Region Updates (PDF - 1478 K)
- Public Comment Proposals Winter 2020 (PDF; 1/2020; 4845 K)
2019 public comment presentations
Discussion agenda
- Modify Data Submission Policies, OPTN Data Advisory Committee
- Data Collection to Evaluate the Logistical Impact of Broader Distribution, OPTN Operations and Safety Committee
- Eliminate the Use of DSA and Region in Kidney Allocation Policy, OPTN Kidney Transplantation Committee
- Eliminate the Use of DSA and Region in Pancreas Allocation Policy, OPTN Pancreas Transplantation Committee
- Expedited Placement of Livers, OPTN Organ Procurement Organization Committee
- Continuous Distribution of Lungs Concept Paper, OPTN Thoracic Transplantation Committee