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List of Items for Public Comment
Proposal Proposal pdf Exhibit pdf Comment Period Submit Comment
1 Policy Oversight Committee - Proposal to Improve the Variance Appeal Process Affected Policy: 3.4 (Organ Procurement, Distribution and Alternative Systems for Organ Distribution or Allocation) * pubcommentPropSub_253.pdf (665 K)   10/15/2009 - 2/5/2010 Submit Your Comments
2 Proposal to Add a Valuable Consideration Disclosure to the Bylaws - Appendix B, Attachment I, Section XIII, C (2) Kidney Transplant Programs that Perform Living Donor Kidney Transplantation and Appendix B, Attachment I, Section XIII, C (4) Liver Transplant Programs that Perform Living Donor Liver Transplantation * pubcommentPropSub_254.pdf (532 K)   11/13/2009 - 2/5/2010 Submit Your Comments
3 Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee - Proposal to Modify Requirements for Mandatory HTLV-1/2 Testing for All Potential Deceased Donors Affected/Proposed Policy: Policy 2.2.3.1 (For All Potential Donors) * pubcommentPropSub_252.pdf (549 K)   8/17/2009 - 9/30/2009  
4 Kidney Transplantation Committee - Proposal to Include Non-Directed Living Donors and Donor Chains in the Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program (Affected Program: Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program) * pubcommentPropSub_245.pdf (772 K)   7/10/2009 - 9/14/2009  
5 Living Donor Committee - Proposal to Improve the ABO Verification Process for Living Donors (Affected Policies: Policy 12.3.1 - ABO Identification; Policy 12.8.1. - Reporting Requirements) * pubcommentPropSub_246.pdf (365 K)   7/10/2009 - 9/14/2009  
6 Living Donor Committee - Proposed Guidance for the Medical Evaluation of Living Liver Donors ) * pubcommentPropSub_247.pdf (514 K) pubcommentPropSurveyExhibit_5.pdf 7/10/2009 - 9/14/2009  
7 Membership and Professional Standards Committee - OPTN Notification Requirements for OPOs, Transplant Hospitals, and Histocompatibility Labs When Faced with an Adverse Action Taken by Regulatory Agencies (Affected Bylaws: Appendix B (Sections I, II, III): Criteria for OPO, Transplant Hospital, and Histocompatibility Laboratory Membership) * pubcommentPropSub_248.pdf (880 K)   7/10/2009 - 9/14/2009  
8 Membership and Professional Standards Committee - Proposal to Change the UNOS Bylaws to Reconcile Discrepancies in Patient Volume Requirements for Full and Conditional Program Approval When Qualifying Kidney, Liver and Pancreas Primary Transplant Physicians (Affected Bylaw: Appendix B, Attachment I) * pubcommentPropSub_249.pdf (649 K)   7/10/2009 - 9/14/2009  
9 Membership and Professional Standards Committee - Proposal to Add Language to the OPTN/UNOS Bylaws Requiring Transplant Center and OPO Members to Follow State Law Regarding Anatomical Gifts (Affected Bylaws/Policy: Article I, Sec 1.10, Appendix B, Section I and II, and Policy 3.4: Organ Procurement, Distribution and Alternative Systems for Organ Distribution or Allocation) * pubcommentPropSub_250.pdf (673 K)   7/10/2009 - 9/14/2009  
10 Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Committee - Proposal to Change Requirements for Labeling and Packaging Organs Procured by Visiting Transplant Center Teams and for OPO Labeling of Tissue Typing Materials (Affected Policy: Policy 5.0 Standardized Packaging, Labeling and Transporting of Organs, Vessels and Tissue Typing Materials (Organ Procurement Organization) (OPO) Committee) * pubcommentPropSub_251.pdf (390 K)   7/10/2009 - 9/14/2009  
11 Kidney Transplantation Committee and Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee -Proposed listing requirements for simultaneous liver-kidney transplant candidates (Policy proposed: 3.5.10 - Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation) * pubcommentPropSub_237.pdf (1.17 MB)   2/6/2009 - 4/24/2009  
12 Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee - Proposal to create regional distribution of livers for Status 1 liver candidates (Policy affected: 3.6 - Allocation of Livers) * pubcommentPropSub_238.pdf (530 K)   2/6/2009 - 4/24/2009  
13 Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee - Proposal to create regional distribution of livers for MELD/PELD candidates (Policy affected 3.6 - Allocation of Livers) * pubcommentPropSub_239.pdf (581 K)   2/6/2009 - 4/24/2009  
14 Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee - Proposal to standardize MELD/PELD exception criteria and scores (Policy affected: 3.6.4.5 - Liver Candidates with Exceptional Cases) * pubcommentPropSub_240.pdf (532 K)   2/6/2009 - 4/24/2009  
15 Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee - Proposal to add the factors current bilirubin and change in bilirubin to the lung allocation score (LAS) (Policy affected: 3.7.6.1 (Candidates Age 12 and Older) * pubcommentPropSub_241.pdf (635 K)   2/6/2009 - 4/24/2009  
16 Living Donor Committee - Proposal to modify the high risk donor policy to protect the confidential health information of potential living donors (Policy affected: 4.1.1 - Communication of Donor History) * pubcommentPropSub_242.pdf (346 K)   2/6/2009 - 4/24/2009  
17 Membership and Professional Standards Committee - Proposal to change the OPTN/UNOS Bylaws to clarify the process for reporting changes in key personnel (Bylaw affected: Appendix B, Section II,E (Key Personnel); Appendix B, Attachment 1, Section III (Changes in Key Personnel) * pubcommentPropSub_243.pdf (630 K)   2/6/2009 - 4/24/2009  
18 Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Committee - Proposal to clarify, reorganize and update OPTN policies on OPO and transplant center packaging, labeling and shipping practices (Policy affected: 5.0 (Standardized Packaging, Labeling and Transporting of Organs, Vessels and Tissue Typing Materials) * pubcommentPropSub_244.pdf (538 K)   2/6/2009 - 4/24/2009  
19 Pancreas Transplantation Committee - Proposal to allow candidates who need a pancreas for technical reasons as part of a multiple organ transplant to be listed on the pancreas waiting list. Policies Affected: Policy 3.2.7 (Pancreas Waiting List Criteria) and Policy 3.2.9 (Combined Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List Criteria) * pubcommentPropSub_233.pdf (871 K)   10/10/2008 - 1/2/2009  
20 Pancreas Transplantation Committee - Proposal to clarify islet allocation protocol. Policy Affected: Policy 3.8.1.6 (Islet Allocation Protocol) * pubcommentPropSub_234.pdf (384 K)   10/10/2008 - 1/2/2009  
21 Membership and Professional Standards Committee - Proposal to increase the safety of allocations to candidates who do not appear on the match run. Policies affected: Policy 3.1 (Definitions), Policy 3.2.4 (Match System Access), and Policy 3.9.3 (Organ Allocation to Multiple Organ Transplant Candidates) * pubcommentPropSub_235.pdf (535 K)   10/10/2008 - 1/2/2009  
22 Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Committee - Proposal to clarify, reorganize and update OPO policies to align with current practices. Policy Affected: Policy 2.0 - Minimum Procurement Standards for an Organ Procurement Organization * pubcommentPropSub_236.pdf (397 K)   10/10/2008 - 1/2/2009  
23 Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee - Proposal to add the factor 'change in bilirubin' to the lung allocation score (LAS) Policy affected: 3.7.6.1 - (Candidates Age 12 and Older) * pubcommentPropSub_224.pdf (566 K) pubcommentPropSurveyExhibit_4.pdf 6/30/2008 - 9/24/2008  
24 Ad Hoc International Relations Committee - Proposal to verify that foreign agencies importing organs to the United States, or receiving organs exported from the United States, are legitimate and test organs for transplant safety Policies affected: 6.4.2 (Developmental Protocols in Organ Exchange) and 6.4.3 (Ad Hoc Organ Exchange) * pubcommentPropSub_225.pdf (266 K)   6/30/2008 - 9/24/2008  
25 Living Donor Committee - Proposal to improve the safety of living donation by restricting the acceptance and transplant of living donor organs to OPTN member institutions. Policy affected: add OPTN Policy 3.3.7 (Center Acceptance of Organs from Living Donors) * pubcommentPropSub_226.pdf (165 K)   6/30/2008 - 9/24/2008  
26 Membership and Professional Standards Committee - Proposal to modify the bylaws pertaining to conditional approval status for liver transplant programs that perform living donor transplants Bylaw affected: Attachment I, Appendix B, Section D, (4) Liver Transplant Programs that Perform Living Donor Liver Transplants of the OPTN/UNOS Bylaws * pubcommentPropSub_227.pdf (205 K)   6/30/2008 - 9/24/2008  
27 Membership and Professional Standards Committee - Proposal to change the OPTN/UNOS Bylaws to better define functional inactivity, voluntary inactive membership transplant program status, relinquishment of designated transplant program status, and termination of designated transplant program status Bylaw affected: Appendix B, Section II, C of the OPTN/UNOS Bylaws * pubcommentPropSub_228.pdf (317 K)   6/30/2008 - 9/24/2008  
28 Kidney Transplantation Committee - Proposal to Limit Mandatory Sharing of Zero Antigen Mismatch Kidneys to Children and Sensitized Adult Candidates * pubcommentPropSub_214.pdf (451 K)   2/8/2008 - 4/30/2008  
29 Pancreas Transplantation Committee - Proposal to Allow an Additional Method for Waiting Time Reinstatement for Pancreas Recipients * pubcommentPropSub_215.pdf (287 K)   2/8/2008 - 4/30/2008  
30 Living Donor Committee - Proposal to Change the OPTN/UNOS Bylaws to Require Written Notification (or Disclosures) to Living Donors from the Recipient Transplant Programs * pubcommentPropSub_216.pdf (372 K)   2/8/2008 - 4/30/2008  
31 Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) - Proposal to the OPTN and UNOS Bylaws: Restoration of Membership Privileges Following an Adverse Action * pubcommentPropSub_217.pdf (428 K)   2/8/2008 - 4/30/2008  
32 Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) - Proposal to Change the Elector System for Histocompatibility Lab Members and Medical/Scientific Members * pubcommentPropSub_218.pdf (155 K)   2/8/2008 - 4/30/2008  
33 Operations Committee - Proposal to Change Organ Time Limits to Organ Offer Limits for Zero Antigen Mismatched Kidneys, Pancreata, and Kidney/Pancreas Combinations * pubcommentPropSub_219.pdf (667 K)   2/8/2008 - 4/30/2008  
34 OPTN/UNOS Executive Committee - Proposal to Require Transplant Centers to Inform Potential Recipients about Known High Risk Donor Behavior * pubcommentPropSub_220.pdf (186 K)   2/8/2008 - 4/30/2008  
35 Pediatric and Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committees - Proposal to Change How 0-10 Year-Old Donor Livers and Combined Liver-Intestines are Allocated * pubcommentPropSub_221.pdf (6.86 MB)   2/8/2008 - 4/30/2008  
36 Pediatric and Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee - Proposal to Change Allocation of Pediatric Lungs and Allow Creation of a Stratified Allocation System for 0-11 year-old Candidates * pubcommentPropSub_222.pdf (748 K)   2/8/2008 - 4/30/2008  
37 Pediatric and Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee - Proposal to Allocate Pediatric Donor Hearts More Broadly * pubcommentPropSub_223.pdf (725 K)   2/8/2008 - 4/30/2008  

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