BILL NUMBER: AB 25	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  456
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 4, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 4, 2011
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 6, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Buchanan, Conway, Fong, Hill,
Huffman, Ma, Nestande, John A. Pérez, and Smyth)
   (Coauthors: Senators Alquist, Padilla, Steinberg, and Strickland)

                        DECEMBER 6, 2010

   An act to add Section 49475 to the Education Code, relating to
athletics.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 25, Hayashi. School districts: athletics: concussions and head
injuries.
   Existing law authorizes school districts to provide specified
medical services in connection with athletic events that are under
the jurisdiction of, or sponsored or controlled by, school districts.
These services include medical or hospital insurance for pupils
injured while participating in athletic activities and ambulance
service for pupils, instructors, spectators, and other individuals in
attendance at athletic activities.
   This bill would require a school district that elects to offer
athletic programs to immediately remove from a school-sponsored
athletic activity for the remainder of the day an athlete who is
suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury during that
activity. The bill would prohibit the return of the athlete to that
activity until he or she is evaluated by, and receives written
clearance from, a licensed health care provider, as specified. The
bill would require, on a yearly basis, a concussion and head injury
information sheet to be signed and returned by the athlete and the
athlete's parent or guardian before the athlete's initiating practice
or competition. These provisions would not apply to an athlete
engaged in an athletic activity during the regular schoolday or as
part of a physical education course, as specified.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 49475 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   49475.  (a) If a school district elects to offer an athletic
program, the school district shall comply with both of the following:

   (1) An athlete who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head
injury in an athletic activity shall be immediately removed from the
activity for the remainder of the day, and shall not be permitted to
return to the activity until he or she is evaluated by a licensed
health care provider, trained in the management of concussions,
acting within the scope of his or her practice. The athlete shall not
be permitted to return to the activity until he or she receives
written clearance to return to the activity from that licensed health
care provider.
   (2) On a yearly basis, a concussion and head injury information
sheet shall be signed and returned by the athlete and the athlete's
parent or guardian before the athlete's initiating practice or
competition.
   (b) This section does not apply to an athlete engaging in an
athletic activity during the regular schoolday or as part of a
physical education course required pursuant to subdivision (d) of
Section 51220.