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| 4 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 11 | | relating to regulation of steroid use by students participating in |
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| 7 | 12 | | athletic competitions sponsored or sanctioned by the University |
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| 8 | 13 | | Interscholastic League. |
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| 9 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 15 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 33.091, Education Code, |
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| 11 | 16 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 17 | | Sec. 33.091. REGULATION [PREVENTION] OF [ILLEGAL] STEROID |
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| 13 | 18 | | USE; RANDOM TESTING. |
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| 14 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 33.091, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 15 | 20 | | amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsections (i), (j), (k), and |
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| 16 | 21 | | (l) to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 22 | | (h) Except as provided by Subsection (i), Subsection (b)(1) |
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| 18 | 23 | | does not apply to the use by a student of a steroid that is |
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| 19 | 24 | | dispensed, prescribed, delivered, and administered by a medical |
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| 20 | 25 | | practitioner for a valid medical purpose and in the course of |
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| 21 | 26 | | professional practice, and a student is not subject to a period of |
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| 22 | 27 | | ineligibility under Subsection (d)(6) on the basis of that steroid |
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| 23 | 28 | | use. A student to whom this subsection applies must, at a time |
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| 24 | 29 | | determined by the league, notify the league of the steroid use using |
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| 25 | 30 | | a form approved by the league. The form must include consent to: |
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| 26 | 31 | | (1) the release to the league of the student's |
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| 27 | 32 | | health-related information relevant to the student's steroid use; |
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| 28 | 33 | | and |
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| 29 | 34 | | (2) communication between the league and the student's |
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| 30 | 35 | | health care practitioners regarding the student's steroid use. |
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| 31 | 36 | | (i) The league may declare a student ineligible for |
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| 32 | 37 | | competition on the basis of steroid use described by Subsection (h) |
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| 33 | 38 | | if the league determines that the safety of competing students or |
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| 34 | 39 | | the fairness of a particular competition has been or will be |
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| 35 | 40 | | substantially affected by the student's steroid use. |
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| 36 | 41 | | (j) The league may adopt rules regarding the use of steroids |
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| 37 | 42 | | by students participating in an athletic competition sponsored or |
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| 38 | 43 | | sanctioned by the league, including rules providing for sanctions |
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| 39 | 44 | | and loss of eligibility for violation of league rules. The rules |
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| 40 | 45 | | must provide a process for the league to determine that a student is |
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| 41 | 46 | | in violation of this section or league rules. |
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| 42 | 47 | | (k) A league hearing regarding a student's use of steroids |
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| 43 | 48 | | shall be conducted in a closed session. |
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| 44 | 49 | | (l) The following information is confidential and not |
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| 45 | 50 | | subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code: |
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| 46 | 51 | | (1) health-related information obtained by the league |
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| 47 | 52 | | under Subsection (h); and |
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| 48 | 53 | | (2) information in a record arising from the league's |
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| 49 | 54 | | evaluation of a student's steroid use described by Subsection (h) |
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| 50 | 55 | | that could identify the student. |
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| 51 | 56 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 52 | 57 | | the vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 53 | 58 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 54 | 59 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 55 | 60 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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