84R1280 GCB-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1672
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the membership of school district and open-enrollment
charter school concussion oversight teams.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.151, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (2-a) and amending Subdivision (5) to read as
follows:
(2-a) "Chiropractor" has the meaning assigned by
Section 201.001, Occupations Code.
(5) "Licensed health care professional" means an
advanced practice nurse, athletic trainer, chiropractor,
neuropsychologist, or physician assistant, as those terms are
defined by this section.
SECTION 2. Section 38.154(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Each concussion oversight team must include at least one
physician and, to the greatest extent practicable, considering
factors including the population of the metropolitan statistical
area in which the school district or open-enrollment charter school
is located, district or charter school student enrollment, and the
availability of and access to licensed health care professionals in
the district or charter school area, must also include one or more
of the following:
(1) an athletic trainer;
(2) an advanced practice nurse;
(3) a neuropsychologist; [or]
(4) a physician assistant; or
(5) a chiropractor.
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, 2015.