Bill Text: CT HB05323 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5323 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Training Of Licensed Health Care Professionals Who Clear Student Athletes For Participation In Supervised Team Activities After A Concussion.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-09 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [HB05323 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05323-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5323*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 524
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES-DITRIA, 105th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING TRAINING OF LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WHO CLEAR STUDENT ATHLETES FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUPERVISED TEAM ACTIVITIES AFTER A CONCUSSION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 10-149c of the general statutes be amended to require licensed health care professionals who provide clearance for student athletes to participate in supervised team activities after displaying signs of a concussion to have undergone training in the treatment and management of a concussion.

Statement of Purpose:

To strengthen existing student athlete concussion legislation.