84R7763 GCB-D
By: Bohac H.B. No. 2422
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the acquisition and use by a school district of an
electroencephalogram brain assessment platform to monitor
concussions in student athletes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.1581 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.1581. MONITORING CONCUSSIONS IN STUDENT ATHLETES.
(a) A school district may acquire for use in the district's
interscholastic athletic program an electroencephalogram brain
assessment platform designed to establish a person's baseline brain
function for comparison to the person's brain function following a
concussive impact.
(b) A district that acquires the electroencephalogram brain
assessment platform described by Subsection (a) shall use the
device to monitor student athletic program participants who
experience a concussive impact to determine whether the student
requires medical attention and whether the student may safely
resume participation in athletic activity.
(c) A district must obtain written consent from the
student's parent or guardian or other person with legal authority
to make medical decisions for the student before the device
described by Subsection (a) may be used on the student.
SECTION 2. 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, 2015.