82R4043 CAS-F
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 677
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to cognitive-linguistic assessments of participants in
extracurricular athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the
University Interscholastic League.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 33.093 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.093. COGNITIVE-LINGUISTIC ASSESSMENTS OF
PARTICIPANTS IN EXTRACURRICULAR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. (a) A
student who is required under University Interscholastic League or
school district rule or policy to receive a physical examination
before being allowed to participate in an athletic activity
sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League
also must receive a cognitive-linguistic assessment performed by an
appropriately licensed health care professional before being
allowed to participate in the activity, including a practice for
the activity.
(b) A student who, after sustaining a concussion, is
required under University Interscholastic League or school
district rule or policy to receive a physical examination or obtain
medical approval before being allowed to resume participating in or
practicing for an athletic activity sponsored or sanctioned by the
University Interscholastic League also must obtain a
cognitive-linguistic assessment performed by an appropriately
licensed health care professional before being allowed to resume
participating in or practicing for the activity. The results of the
cognitive-linguistic assessment must be considered as a factor in
determining whether the student is to be allowed to resume
participating in or practicing for the activity.
(c) The University Interscholastic League shall adopt rules
as necessary to administer this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.