| 1 | 1 | | 84R1280 GCB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Fletcher, Bell, Allen, Turner of Collin, H.B. No. 1231 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Bohac, et al. |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to the membership of school district and open-enrollment |
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| 9 | 9 | | charter school concussion oversight teams. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 38.151, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | adding Subdivision (2-a) and amending Subdivision (5) to read as |
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| 13 | 13 | | follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (2-a) "Chiropractor" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 15 | 15 | | Section 201.001, Occupations Code. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (5) "Licensed health care professional" means an |
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| 17 | 17 | | advanced practice nurse, athletic trainer, chiropractor, |
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| 18 | 18 | | neuropsychologist, or physician assistant, as those terms are |
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| 19 | 19 | | defined by this section. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Section 38.154(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 21 | 21 | | read as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) Each concussion oversight team must include at least one |
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| 23 | 23 | | physician and, to the greatest extent practicable, considering |
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| 24 | 24 | | factors including the population of the metropolitan statistical |
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| 25 | 25 | | area in which the school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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| 26 | 26 | | is located, district or charter school student enrollment, and the |
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| 27 | 27 | | availability of and access to licensed health care professionals in |
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| 28 | 28 | | the district or charter school area, must also include one or more |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the following: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) an athletic trainer; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) an advanced practice nurse; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) a neuropsychologist; [or] |
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| 33 | 33 | | (4) a physician assistant; or |
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| 34 | 34 | | (5) a chiropractor. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 36 | 36 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 37 | 37 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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