Florida Senate - 2025 CS for CS for CS for SB 1070 By the Committees on Fiscal Policy; Health Policy; and Education Pre-K - 12; and Senators Simon, Avila, and Arrington 594-03202-25 20251070c3 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to electrocardiograms for student 3 athletes; providing a short title; amending s. 4 1002.20, F.S.; making technical changes; conforming 5 provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 6 1006.20, F.S.; requiring the Florida High School 7 Athletic Association (FHSAA) to adopt bylaws requiring 8 all students to pass an electrocardiogram screening 9 before participating in certain activities; requiring 10 certain students to complete an electrocardiogram 11 screening; authorizing FHSAA member schools to 12 collaborate with certain entities to offer low cost or 13 free electrocardiogram screenings; providing 14 requirements for the form for reporting 15 electrocardiogram results; providing requirements for 16 a student to be granted an exception to the 17 electrocardiogram requirement; requiring students 18 seeking an exception to submit a form developed by the 19 FHSAA before they may participate in an 20 interscholastic activity; providing an effective date. 21 22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23 24 Section 1.This act may be cited as the Second Chance 25 Act. 26 Section 2.Paragraph (b) of subsection (17) of section 27 1002.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 28 1002.20K-12 student and parent rights.Parents of public 29 school students must receive accurate and timely information 30 regarding their childs academic progress and must be informed 31 of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12 32 students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory 33 rights including, but not limited to, the following: 34 (17)ATHLETICS; PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL. 35 (b)Medical evaluation.Before participating in athletics, 36 students must: 37 1.Satisfactorily pass a medical evaluation each year 38 before participating in athletics, unless the parent objects in 39 writing based on religious tenets or practices, in accordance 40 with the provisions of s. 1006.20(2)(d); and 41 2.As applicable under s. 1006.20, receive an 42 electrocardiogram, unless the parent objects in writing based on 43 religious tenets or practices or secures a certificate of 44 medical exception in accordance with s. 1006.20(2)(d). 45 Section 3.Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (2) of 46 section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 47 1006.20Athletics in public K-12 schools. 48 (2)ADOPTION OF BYLAWS, POLICIES, OR GUIDELINES. 49 (c)1.The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws that require all 50 students participating or seeking to participate in 51 interscholastic athletic competition or who are candidates for 52 an interscholastic athletic team to satisfactorily pass a 53 medical evaluation each year before participating in 54 interscholastic athletic competition or engaging in any 55 practice, tryout, workout, conditioning, or other physical 56 activity associated with the students candidacy for an 57 interscholastic athletic team, including activities that occur 58 outside of the school year. Such medical evaluation may be 59 administered only by a practitioner licensed under chapter 458, 60 chapter 459, chapter 460, or s. 464.012 or registered under s. 61 464.0123 and in good standing with the practitioners regulatory 62 board. 63 2.The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws that require all students 64 participating or seeking to participate in interscholastic 65 athletic competition to pass an electrocardiogram screening 66 before participating in interscholastic athletic competition or 67 engaging in any practice, tryout, workout, conditioning, or 68 other physical activity associated with the students candidacy 69 for an interscholastic athletic team, including activities that 70 occur outside of the school year. The electrocardiogram 71 screening must be conducted in accordance with standards 72 established by the FHSAAs Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. 73 Beginning in the 2028-2029 school year, every high school 74 student participating or seeking to participate in 75 interscholastic athletic competition for the first time must 76 complete at least one electrocardiogram screening. FHSAA member 77 schools may collaborate with public and private entities to 78 offer low cost or free electrocardiogram screenings for this 79 purpose. 80 3.The FHSAA bylaws must shall establish requirements for 81 eliciting a students medical history and performing the medical 82 evaluation and electrocardiogram required under this paragraph, 83 which shall include a physical assessment of the students 84 physical capabilities to participate in interscholastic athletic 85 competition as contained in a uniform preparticipation physical 86 evaluation and history form. The evaluation form must: shall 87 a.Incorporate the recommendations of the American Heart 88 Association for participation cardiovascular screening. 89 b.and shall Provide a place for the signature of the 90 practitioner performing the evaluation with an attestation that 91 each examination procedure listed on the form was performed by 92 the practitioner or by someone under the direct supervision of 93 the practitioner. The form must shall also contain a place for 94 the practitioner to indicate whether if a referral to another 95 practitioner was made in lieu of completion of a certain 96 examination procedure. The form must shall provide a place for 97 the practitioner to whom the student was referred to complete 98 the remaining sections and attest to that portion of the 99 examination. 100 c.The preparticipation physical evaluation form shall 101 Advise students to complete a cardiovascular assessment and 102 electrocardiogram, shall include information concerning 103 alternative cardiovascular evaluation and diagnostic tests, and 104 require the. results of such medical evaluation to must be 105 provided to the school. 106 d.Include a section to record either a medical clearance 107 based on the results of the medical evaluation and 108 electrocardiogram required under this paragraph, allowing the 109 student to participate in interscholastic athletic competition, 110 or recommendations for follow-up treatment by an appropriate 111 health care practitioner trained in the diagnosis, evaluation, 112 and management of cardiovascular abnormalities in athletes as 113 defined by the FHSAAs Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. 114 4.A student is not eligible to participate, as provided in 115 s. 1006.15(3), in any interscholastic athletic competition or 116 engage in any practice, tryout, workout, or other physical 117 activity associated with the students candidacy for an 118 interscholastic athletic team until the results of the medical 119 evaluation have been received and approved by the school. 120 (d)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (c), a 121 student shall be granted an exception to the electrocardiogram 122 requirement if the parent of the student objects in writing to 123 the student receiving an electrocardiogram because the 124 electrocardiogram is contrary to his or her religious tenets or 125 practices or if a physician licensed under chapter 458 or 126 chapter 459 in good standing with the Board of Medicine or Board 127 of Osteopathic Medicine, as applicable, provides a certificate 128 of medical exception. A student may participate in 129 interscholastic athletic competition or be a candidate for an 130 interscholastic athletic team if the parent of the student 131 objects in writing to the student undergoing a medical 132 evaluation because such evaluation is contrary to his or her 133 religious tenets or practices. However, in such case of any such 134 exception or objection, there shall be no liability on the part 135 of any person or entity in a position to otherwise rely on the 136 results of such medical evaluation or electrocardiogram for any 137 damages resulting from the students injury or death arising 138 directly from the students participation in interscholastic 139 athletics where an undisclosed medical condition that would have 140 been revealed in the medical evaluation or electrocardiogram is 141 a proximate cause of the injury or death. To exercise an 142 exception or objection under this paragraph, a student must 143 submit a standard form, developed by the FHSAA, to document 144 exceptions granted under this paragraph which must be signed and 145 notarized by a students parent or legal guardian and received 146 by the FHSAA member school before a student may participate in 147 any interscholastic activity. 148 Section 4.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.