| 1 | 1 | | 86R14249 JES-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Price H.B. No. 3456 |
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| 3 | 3 | | |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 membership of a public school concussion oversight |
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| 8 | 8 | | team and the removal of a public school student from an |
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| 9 | 9 | | interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected |
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| 10 | 10 | | concussion. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 38.154, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a-1) A school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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| 15 | 15 | | may include any medical professional who is licensed in this state |
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| 16 | 16 | | as a member of the district or charter school concussion oversight |
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| 17 | 17 | | team, provided that the professional meets the training requirement |
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| 18 | 18 | | under Subsection (c). |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 38.156, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 20 | 20 | | read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 38.156. REMOVAL FROM PLAY IN PRACTICE OR COMPETITION |
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| 22 | 22 | | FOLLOWING CONCUSSION. A student shall be removed from an |
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| 23 | 23 | | interscholastic athletics practice or competition immediately if |
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| 24 | 24 | | one of the following persons believes the student might have |
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| 25 | 25 | | sustained a concussion during the practice or competition: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) a coach; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) a physician; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) a licensed health care professional; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (4) a person licensed under Chapter 201 or 453, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Occupations Code; or |
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| 31 | 31 | | (5) the student's parent or guardian or another person |
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| 32 | 32 | | with legal authority to make medical decisions for the student. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 34 | 34 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 35 | 35 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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