HRSA Updates Organ Transplant Data Forms for Public Input
Published Date: 5/15/2026
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Summary
HRSA is updating the data collection system for the U.S. organ transplant network and wants your feedback by July 14, 2026. This update helps track how well hospitals and transplant centers follow rules, keep patients safe, and improve organ sharing. If you’re involved in organ donation or just care about saving lives, this affects you—no big costs, just smarter data work!
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Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
BOD-Approved Form Revisions to Improve Matching
The OPTN Board of Directors approved revisions to existing OPTN data collection forms intended to improve organ matching and allocation, and to improve OPTN member compliance with OPTN requirements. HRSA states these revisions are intended to help facilitate organ placement, ensure patient safety, and support public reporting and research.
Estimated Reporting Burden Increased Substantially
HRSA reports the total annual estimated burden hours for the OPTN data collection increased by 58,975.02 hours from the previously OMB-approved package. The total estimated annualized burden hours are now 910,553.02 hours, with 3,101,339 total responses and 19,424 respondents. The increase includes 3,310.46 hours from the two new forms, 1,031.03 hours from OPTN BOD-approved data changes, and 54,633.53 hours from updating respondent and response counts using 2025 OPTN data.
Two New OPTN Reporting Forms Added
HRSA and the OPTN added two new data collection forms—the Patient Safety Contact Management form and the Patient Transfer form—for OPTN members (transplant centers, organ procurement organizations, and histocompatibility laboratories). The addition of the two new forms is estimated to add 3,310.46 annual burden hours to the OMB-approved collection.
VCA Candidate Form Made Read-Only
Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCA) Transplant Candidate Registration will be removed from the OMB-approved dynamic collection and the existing VCA registration form is now read-only because registration and validation will be handled directly on new waitlist registration forms in the OPTN Waiting List system (UNet). OPTN members will no longer need to validate the data on the read-only form.
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