| 1 | 1 | | 84R7763 GCB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bohac H.B. No. 2422 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the acquisition and use by a school district of an |
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| 8 | 8 | | electroencephalogram brain assessment platform to monitor |
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| 9 | 9 | | concussions in student athletes. |
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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. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 38.1581 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 38.1581. MONITORING CONCUSSIONS IN STUDENT ATHLETES. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) A school district may acquire for use in the district's |
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| 15 | 15 | | interscholastic athletic program an electroencephalogram brain |
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| 16 | 16 | | assessment platform designed to establish a person's baseline brain |
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| 17 | 17 | | function for comparison to the person's brain function following a |
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| 18 | 18 | | concussive impact. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) A district that acquires the electroencephalogram brain |
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| 20 | 20 | | assessment platform described by Subsection (a) shall use the |
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| 21 | 21 | | device to monitor student athletic program participants who |
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| 22 | 22 | | experience a concussive impact to determine whether the student |
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| 23 | 23 | | requires medical attention and whether the student may safely |
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| 24 | 24 | | resume participation in athletic activity. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) A district must obtain written consent from the |
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| 26 | 26 | | student's parent or guardian or other person with legal authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | to make medical decisions for the student before the device |
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| 28 | 28 | | described by Subsection (a) may be used on the student. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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