| 20 | | - | (1) "Youth athletic activity" means an organized athletic activity involving participants of not less than seven years of age and not more than nineteen years of age, who (A) (i) engage in an organized athletic game or competition against another team, club or entity or in practice or preparation for an organized game or competition against another team, club or entity, or (ii) attend an organized athletic camp or clinic the purpose of which is to train, instruct or prepare such participants to engage in an organized athletic game or competition, and (B) (i) pay a fee to participate in such organized athletic game or competition or attend such camp or clinic, or (ii) whose cost to participate in such athletic game or competition or attend such camp or clinic is sponsored by a municipality, business or nonprofit organization. "Youth athletic activity" does not include any college or university athletic activity, or an athletic activity that is incidental to a nonathletic program or lesson; and |
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| 32 | + | (1) "Youth athletic activity" means an organized athletic activity involving participants [of not less than seven years of age and not more than nineteen] under twenty years of age, who (A) (i) engage in an organized athletic game or competition against another team, club or entity or in practice or preparation for an organized game or competition against another team, club or entity, or (ii) attend an organized athletic camp or clinic the purpose of which is to train, instruct or prepare such participants to engage in an organized athletic game or competition, and (B) (i) pay a fee to participate in such organized athletic game or competition or attend such camp or clinic, or (ii) whose cost to participate in such athletic game or competition or attend such camp or clinic is sponsored by a municipality, business or nonprofit organization. "Youth athletic activity" does not include any college or university athletic activity, or an athletic activity that is incidental to a nonathletic program or lesson; and |
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| 22 | | - | (2) "Operator" means any municipality, business or nonprofit organization that conducts, coordinates, organizes or otherwise oversees any youth athletic activity or any entity that is authorized or allowed by a municipality, business or nonprofit organization to conduct, coordinate, organize or otherwise oversee any youth athletic activity on property owned or controlled by the municipality, business or nonprofit organization, but shall not include any municipality, business or nonprofit organization solely providing access to, or use of, any field, court or other recreational area to such an entity, whether for compensation or not. |
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| 34 | + | (2) "Operator" means any municipality, business or nonprofit organization that conducts, coordinates, organizes or otherwise oversees any youth athletic activity but shall not include any municipality, business or nonprofit organization solely providing access to, or use of, any field, court or other recreational area, whether for compensation or not. |
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| 24 | | - | (b) (1) Not later than January 1, [2016] 2018, and annually thereafter, each operator of a youth athletic activity shall make available a written or electronic [statement] information and consent form regarding concussions to each youth athlete participating in the youth athletic activity and to a parent or legal guardian of [each] any such youth athlete [participating in the youth athletic activity] under the age of eighteen. Such written or electronic [statement] information and consent form shall be (A) made available upon registration of each youth athlete, and [shall be] (B) consistent with the most recent information provided by the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding concussions. Such written or electronic [statement] information or consent form shall include educational content addressing, at a minimum: [(1)] (i) The recognition of signs or symptoms of a concussion, [(2)] (ii) the means of obtaining proper medical treatment for a person suspected of sustaining a concussion, [(3)] (iii) the nature and risks of concussions, including the danger of continuing to engage in youth athletic activity after sustaining a concussion, and [(4)] (iv) the proper procedures for allowing a youth athlete who has sustained a concussion to return to athletic activity. |
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| 36 | + | (b) (1) Not later than January 1, [2016] 2018, and annually thereafter, each operator of a youth athletic activity shall make available a written or electronic [statement] information and consent form regarding concussions to each youth athlete participating in the youth athletic activity and to a parent or legal guardian of [each] any such youth athlete [participating in the youth athletic activity] under the age of eighteen. Such written or electronic [statement] information and consent form shall be (A) made available upon registration of each youth athlete, (B) substantially similar to the consent form developed or approved by the State Board of Education under subdivision (1) of subsection (e) of section 10-149b, and [shall be] (C) consistent with the most recent information provided by the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding concussions. Such written or electronic [statement] information or consent form shall include educational content addressing, at a minimum: [(1)] (i) The recognition of signs or symptoms of a concussion, [(2)] (ii) the means of obtaining proper medical treatment for a person suspected of sustaining a concussion, [(3)] (iii) the nature and risks of concussions, including the danger of continuing to engage in youth athletic activity after sustaining a concussion, and [(4)] (iv) the proper procedures for allowing a youth athlete who has sustained a concussion to return to athletic activity. |
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| 38 | | - | Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 10-149c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): |
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| 50 | + | (a) (1) The coach of any intramural or interscholastic athletics shall immediately remove a student athlete from participating in any intramural or interscholastic athletic activity who (A) is observed to exhibit signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion following an observed or suspected blow to the head or body, or (B) is diagnosed with a concussion, regardless of when such concussion may have occurred. Upon such removal, a qualified school employee, as defined in subsection (e) of section 10-212a, shall notify the student athlete's parent or legal guardian that the student athlete has exhibited such signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion or has been diagnosed with a concussion. Such qualified school employee shall provide such notification not later than twenty-four hours after such removal and shall make a reasonable effort to provide such notification immediately after such removal. |
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| 52 | + | (2) The coach shall not permit such student athlete to participate in any supervised team activities involving physical exertion, including, but not limited to, practices, games or competitions, until such student athlete receives written clearance to participate in such supervised team activities involving physical exertion from a licensed health care professional trained in the evaluation and management of concussions. |
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| 54 | + | (3) Following clearance pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, the coach shall not permit such student athlete to participate in any full, unrestricted supervised team activities without limitations on contact or physical exertion, including, but not limited to, practices, games or competitions, until such student athlete (A) no longer exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion at rest or with exertion, and (B) receives written clearance to participate in such full, unrestricted supervised team activities from a licensed health care professional trained in the evaluation and management of concussions. |
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| 56 | + | (b) The State Board of Education may revoke the coaching permit, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (i) of section 10-145b, of any coach found to be in violation of this section. |
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