| Old | New | Differences | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 85R23344 SRS-F | |
| 2 | 1 | By: Huberty H.B. No. 3476 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3476: | |
| 4 | - | By: Meyer C.S.H.B. No. 3476 | |
| 5 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 6 | relating to cardiac assessments of high school participants in | |
| 10 | 7 | extracurricular athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the | |
| 11 | 8 | University Interscholastic League. | |
| 12 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is | |
| 14 | 11 | amended by adding Section 33.095 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 12 | Sec. 33.095. CARDIAC ASSESSMENTS OF HIGH SCHOOL | |
| 16 | 13 | PARTICIPANTS IN EXTRACURRICULAR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. (a) A school | |
| 17 | 14 | district must require a district student who is required under | |
| 18 | 15 | University Interscholastic League rule or policy to receive a | |
| 19 | 16 | physical examination before being allowed to participate in an | |
| 20 | 17 | athletic activity sponsored or sanctioned by the University | |
| 21 | 18 | Interscholastic League to also have administered to the student an | |
| 22 | - | electrocardiogram or echocardiogram before being allowed to | |
| 23 | - | participate in the activity, including a practice for the activity, | |
| 24 | - | as follows: | |
| 19 | + | electrocardiogram before being allowed to participate in the | |
| 20 | + | activity, including a practice for the activity, as follows: | |
| 25 | 21 | (1) one time before the student's first year of | |
| 26 | 22 | participation at the ninth grade level or above; and | |
| 27 | - | (2) if 11th grade is not the student's first year of | |
| 28 | - | participation, another time before the student's subsequent year of | |
| 29 | - | participation at the 11th grade level. | |
| 23 | + | (2) another time before the student's third year of | |
| 24 | + | participation. | |
| 30 | 25 | (b) This section does not create a cause of action or | |
| 31 | 26 | liability against an appropriately licensed or certified health | |
| 32 | 27 | care professional, a school district, or a district officer or | |
| 33 | 28 | employee for the injury or death of a student participating in or | |
| 34 | 29 | practicing for an athletic activity sponsored or sanctioned by the | |
| 35 | 30 | University Interscholastic League based on or in connection with | |
| 36 | 31 | the administration or evaluation of or reliance on an | |
| 37 | 32 | electrocardiogram or on an echocardiogram. | |
| 38 | - | (c) To facilitate the administration of electrocardiograms | |
| 39 | - | or echocardiograms to students, a school district may: | |
| 40 | - | (1) at the district's expense, partner with a | |
| 41 | - | nonprofit entity to provide electrocardiograms or echocardiograms; | |
| 42 | - | or | |
| 43 | - | (2) elect to pay for the costs of administering | |
| 44 | - | electrocardiograms or echocardiograms to students. | |
| 45 | - | (d) The University Interscholastic League shall adopt rules | |
| 33 | + | (c) The University Interscholastic League shall adopt rules | |
| 46 | 34 | as necessary to administer this section. | |
| 47 | - | ( | |
| 35 | + | (d) The rules adopted under Subsection (c) must include: | |
| 48 | 36 | (1) criteria under which a school district may | |
| 49 | - | demonstrate a hardship that allows the district to delay | |
| 50 | - | administering required electrocardiograms or echocardiograms to | |
| 51 | - | students under this section; and | |
| 52 | - | (2) procedures that provide for granting a waiver from | |
| 53 | - | administration of an electrocardiogram or echocardiogram to a | |
| 54 | - | student if, for any reason, the parent or person standing in | |
| 37 | + | demonstrate a hardship that allows the district to delay the | |
| 38 | + | required electrocardiograms to students under this section; and | |
| 39 | + | (2) provisions that allow for granting a waiver from | |
| 40 | + | administration of an electrocardiogram under this section to a | |
| 41 | + | student if, for any reason, the parent of or a person standing in | |
| 55 | 42 | parental relation to the student submits a written request for the | |
| 56 | 43 | waiver. | |
| 57 | - | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the | |
| 44 | + | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2018-2019 | |
| 58 | 45 | school year. | |
| 59 | 46 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 60 | 47 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 61 | 48 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 62 | 49 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 63 | 50 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |