Bill Text: CA AB1449 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: School districts: athletics: concussions and head

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-28 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB1449 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1449-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1449	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi

                        JANUARY 5, 2012

   An act to amend Section 49475 of the Education Code, relating to
school athletics.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1449, as introduced, Hayashi. School districts: athletics:
concussions and head injuries.
   Existing law requires a school district that elects to offer an
athletic program to receive, on a yearly basis, a concussion and head
injury information sheet that is signed by the athlete and the
athlete's parent or guardian before the athlete's initiating practice
or competition.
   This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to develop and make available on the State Department of Education's
Internet Web site a concussion and head injury information sheet that
a school district may use to fulfill this requirement.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 49475 of the Education Code is amended 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) The Superintendent shall develop and make available on the
department's Internet Web site a concussion and head injury
information sheet that a school district may use to fulfill the
requirements of this section.  
   (b) 
    (c)  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.