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By: Hinojosa |
S.B. No. 155 |
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(In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2016; January 25, 2017, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Education; |
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May 23, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 23, 2017, |
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sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 155 |
By: Hall |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for participants in extracurricular |
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athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University |
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Interscholastic League, including a sudden cardiac arrest |
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awareness form. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.095 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.095. DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPANTS IN |
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EXTRACURRICULAR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. (a) The University |
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Interscholastic League shall create an informational sudden |
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cardiac arrest awareness form for school districts to provide to a |
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parent of or person standing in parental relation to a student who |
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wants to participate in an athletic activity sponsored or |
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sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. The form must |
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include information relating to sudden cardiac arrest, including: |
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(1) a description of a sudden cardiac arrest; |
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(2) the causes of a sudden cardiac arrest; |
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(3) the symptoms and warning signs of a sudden cardiac |
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arrest; |
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(4) the treatments for a sudden cardiac arrest; and |
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(5) options for screening for sudden cardiac arrest |
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that may be discussed with the student's physician. |
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(b) If a student is required under University |
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Interscholastic League rule or policy to receive a physical |
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examination before being allowed to participate in an athletic |
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activity sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic |
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League, a school district may not allow a district student to |
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participate in the activity unless the student provides: |
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(1) documentation of the physical examination; and |
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(2) the informational sudden cardiac arrest awareness |
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form described by Subsection (a) signed by the parent of or person |
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standing in parental relation to the student. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2018-2019 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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