H.B. No. 1002
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 person licensed under Chapter 201 or 453,
Occupations Code, as a member of the district or charter school
concussion oversight team, provided that the person 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, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1002 was passed by the House on April
28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 5, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1002 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor