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1		-	H.B. No. 961
	1	+	By: Howard, King of Hemphill H.B. No. 961
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Watson)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2019;
	4	+	April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	5	+	Education; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	6	+	Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to the membership and training course requirements of a
6	13		public school concussion oversight team and the removal of a public
7	14		school student from an interscholastic athletic activity on the
8	15		basis of a suspected concussion.
9	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	17		SECTION 1. Section 38.154, Education Code, is amended by
11	18		adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
12	19		(b-1) If a school district or open-enrollment charter
13	20		school employs a school nurse, the school nurse may be a member of
14	21		the district or charter school concussion oversight team if
15	22		requested by the school nurse.
16	23		SECTION 2. Section 38.156, Education Code, is amended to
17	24		read as follows:
18	25		Sec. 38.156. REMOVAL FROM PLAY IN PRACTICE OR COMPETITION
19	26		FOLLOWING CONCUSSION. A student shall be removed from an
20	27		interscholastic athletics practice or competition immediately if
21	28		one of the following persons believes the student might have
22	29		sustained a concussion during the practice or competition:
23	30		(1) a coach;
24	31		(2) a physician;
25	32		(3) a licensed health care professional;
26	33		(4) a person licensed under Chapter 201, Occupations
27	34		Code; [or]
28	35		(5) a school nurse; or
29	36		(6) the student's parent or guardian or another person
30	37		with legal authority to make medical decisions for the student.
31	38		SECTION 3. Sections 38.158(c), (e), and (g), Education
32	39		Code, are amended to read as follows:
33	40		(c) The following persons must take a training course in
34	41		accordance with Subsection (e) from an authorized training provider
35	42		at least once every two years:
36	43		(1) a coach of an interscholastic athletic activity;
37	44		(2) a school nurse who serves as a member of a
38	45		concussion oversight team;
39	46		(3) a licensed health care professional who serves as
40	47		a member of a concussion oversight team and is an employee,
41	48		representative, or agent of a school district or open-enrollment
42	49		charter school; and
43	50		(4) [(3)] a licensed health care professional who
44	51		serves on a volunteer basis as a member of a concussion oversight
45	52		team for a school district or open-enrollment charter school.
46	53		(e) For purposes of Subsection (c):
47	54		(1) a coach must take a course described by Subsection
48	55		(a);
49	56		(2) an athletic trainer must take:
50	57		(A) a course described by Subsection (b); or
51	58		(B) a course concerning the subject matter of
52	59		concussions that has been approved for continuing education credit
53	60		by the appropriate licensing authority for the profession; and
54	61		(3) a school nurse or licensed health care
55	62		professional, other than an athletic trainer, must take:
56	63		(A) a course described by Subsection (a) or (b);
57	64		or
58	65		(B) a course concerning the subject matter of
59	66		concussions that has been approved for continuing education credit
60	67		by the appropriate licensing authority for the profession.
61	68		(g) A school nurse or licensed health care professional who
62	69		is not in compliance with the training requirements under this
63	70		section may not serve on a concussion oversight team in any
64	71		capacity.
65	72		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
66	73		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
67	74		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
68	75		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
69	76		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
70		-	______________________________ ______________________________
71		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
72		-	I certify that H.B. No. 961 was passed by the House on April
73		-	16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 1 present, not
74		-	voting.
75		-	______________________________
76		-	Chief Clerk of the House
77		-	I certify that H.B. No. 961 was passed by the Senate on May
78		-	20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
79		-	______________________________
80		-	Secretary of the Senate
81		-	APPROVED: _____________________
82		-	Date
83		-	_____________________
84		-	Governor
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