By: Giddings H.B. No. 3884
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of a pilot program for the identification
and treatment of a concussion suffered by a student athlete.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding
Subchapter E to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E. SPORTS INSURANCE MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM
Sec. 38.201. SPORTS INSURANCE MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) The Texas Education Agency shall establish a Sports Injury
Pilot Program to administer a concussion-testing insurance program
for students participating in University Interscholastic League
programs. The commissioner shall select the school districts that
would initially participate in the pilot program. Prior to
December 31, 2014, the commissioner shall submit a report on the
findings of the program to the Legislative Budget Board and the
Governor.
(b) The program shall include:
(1) return to play protocol inclusive of preseason
neurocognitive baseline testing,
(2) post injury neurocognitive testing,
(3)
access to a physician(s) trained in the diagnosis
and management of a concussion, and
(4) an excess accident insurance policy that is
designed to cover the expenses related to the diagnosis and
management of concussion
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2013.