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The OPTN Bylaws Rewrite Project What It Means For You

The OPTN Bylaws Rewrite Project What It Means For You. Betsy Walsh, JD, MPH OPTN Bylaws Plain Language Rewrite MPSC Work Group Chair. Why Rewrite the Bylaws?. Results from 2006 Member Survey : Use plain language Keep it simple Drop the legalese and speak English

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The OPTN Bylaws Rewrite Project What It Means For You

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  1. The OPTN Bylaws Rewrite Project What It Means For You Betsy Walsh, JD, MPH OPTN Bylaws Plain Language Rewrite MPSC Work Group Chair

  2. Why Rewrite the Bylaws? • Results from 2006 Member Survey : • Use plain language • Keep it simple • Drop the legalese and speak English • Language complicated and not understandable • Simplify wording so everyone understands

  3. What is Plain Language? • You can find what you need easily • You can easily read what you find • Members’ rights and responsibilities are clear and understandable • OPTN responsibilities and actions are clear and understandable • Use the active voice • Use common, everyday words • See www.plainlanguage.gov for more information

  4. New Usability Features • Consistent use of important terms • Table of contents with hyperlinks • Definitions section • Larger font • Meaningful headings • Page numbers • Index • Headers and footers

  5. The Rewrite Process Sponsored by the Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) Two Phases: • Phase I: This is the current phase. The entire Bylaws are reorganized into logical arrangement and written in plain language. The due process provisions (current Appendix A) underwent a substantive rewrite. • Phase II: Substantive re-write with emphasis on addressing contradicting statements or direction, needed revisions, and additional provisions.

  6. The Phase I Rewrite Process Started August 2010 Review Team • HRSA • MPSC workgroup members • UNOS legal • UNOS staff

  7. Phase I Project Milestones • October 2011 MPSC review and approval of OPTN Bylaws Public Comment document • December 1, 2011- January 31, 2012 OPTN Bylaws Rewrite Public Comment Period • March 2012 MPSC review and consideration of Public Comments • June 18-19, 2012 OPTN Board Meeting

  8. The Bylaws went from this… The MPSC (or Ad Hoc Subcommittee of the MPSC) shall act on an application with a recommendation for acceptance and grant of interim approval or a recommendation for rejection resulting in disallowance of membership or designated transplant program status on an interim basis pending due process within 90 days after receiving it.

  9. To (something like) this… The MPSC or an MPSC subcommittee will act on a completed application and provide a recommendation for interim approval or rejection within 90 days.

  10. Finding what you need… • Do you know where to find these three things in the current Bylaws? • Application requirements for new designated Transplant Programs. • Member responsibilities and requirements for Transplant Program periods of inactivity. • Member responsibilities when there is a change in key personnel at a Transplant Program.

  11. Finding what you need… • If you wanted to find the application requirements for new designated Transplant Programs, in the current Bylaws you’d go to… • Appendix B, II. Transplant Hospitals • Appendix B attachment I, XIII Transplant Programs • Appendix B, Attachment I, XIII (10-22) • Appendix B, Attachment III Model Elements for Controlled DCD Recovery Protocols

  12. Application requirements before…

  13. After…

  14. Inactivity before… • Transplant Program activity requirements currently reside in: Appendix B.II.C. Functional Inactivity, Inactive Transplant Program Status, Relinquishment of Designated Transplant Program Status and Termination of Designated Transplant Program Status

  15. After…

  16. Key personnel changes before… • Transplant Program responsibilities and requirements when there is a change in key personnel currently reside in: • Appendix B, Attachment I. Designated Transplant Program Criteria, Section III. Reporting Key Personnel Changes

  17. After…

  18. Appendix L Substantive Rewrite Appendix L: Reviews, Actions and Due Process (formerly known as Appendix A in the current Bylaws) underwent a substantive rewrite. • It was rewritten with substantial changes to content by an MPSC workgroup. • The substantive rewrite of this Appendix was approved for Public Comment by the MPSC at its December 2011 meeting. • Public Comment is February 3, 2012 – April 6, 2012. • June 18-19, 2012 OPTN Board Meeting for approval.

  19. The Public Comment Survey • The specially-designed website with focused survey can be accessed from the OPTN website at: http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/policiesAndBylaws/publicComment/

  20. The Public Comment Survey

  21. The Public Comment Survey • General comments about the rewrite and the entire document may be sent to: bylawsrewrite@unos.org

  22. Questions?

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