87R10835 JES-F
By: Price H.B. No. 3449
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the membership of a public school concussion oversight
team and the removal of a public school student from an
interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected
concussion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.154, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
may include any medical professional who is licensed in this state
as a member of the district or charter school concussion oversight
team, provided that the professional meets the training requirement
under Subsection (c).
SECTION 2. Section 38.156, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 38.156. REMOVAL FROM PLAY IN PRACTICE OR COMPETITION
FOLLOWING CONCUSSION. A student shall be removed from an
interscholastic athletics practice or competition immediately if
one of the following persons believes the student might have
sustained a concussion during the practice or competition:
(1) a coach;
(2) a physician;
(3) a licensed health care professional;
(4) a person licensed under Chapter 201 or 453,
Occupations Code;
(5) a school nurse; or
(6) the student's parent or guardian or another person
with legal authority to make medical decisions for the student.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.