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| 1 | 1 | 86R9577 JES-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Price H.B. No. 2017 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the removal of a public school student from an | |
| 8 | 8 | interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected | |
| 9 | 9 | concussion. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 38.156, Education Code, is amended to | |
| 12 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 38.156. REMOVAL FROM PLAY IN PRACTICE OR COMPETITION | |
| 14 | 14 | FOLLOWING CONCUSSION. A student shall be removed from an | |
| 15 | 15 | interscholastic athletics practice or competition immediately if | |
| 16 | 16 | one of the following persons believes the student might have | |
| 17 | 17 | sustained a concussion during the practice or competition: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) a coach; | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) a physician; | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) a licensed health care professional; | |
| 21 | 21 | (4) a person licensed under Chapter 201 or 453, | |
| 22 | 22 | Occupations Code; or | |
| 23 | 23 | (5) the student's parent or guardian or another person | |
| 24 | 24 | with legal authority to make medical decisions for the student. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |