Bill Text: CT SB00966 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Pilot Program To Study Injury Rates In School Athletic Programs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-04 - Senate Recommitted to Public Health [SB00966 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00966-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 966 | ||
January Session, 2013 |
LCO No. 3525 | ||
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM TO STUDY INJURY RATES IN SCHOOL ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall, within available appropriations, establish a pilot program to study the incidence of injuries, and concussions in particular, to high school students during participation in interscholastic athletic activities. The Commissioner of Public Health shall make grants-in-aid from available appropriations to twenty high schools for the purpose of monitoring such injuries during a two-year period and reporting the occurrence of such injuries to the Commissioner of Public Health, in the form and manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Health. Any high school that receives a grant-in-aid shall monitor and report such injuries with the cooperation of the school athletic director, licensed athletic trainers that provide services to the school, any physician associated with the school athletic program and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. The Commissioner of Public Health may accept funds from private and federal government sources for the purpose of making such grants-in-aid.
(b) There is established a task force to review and analyze reports submitted to the Commissioner of Public Health by high schools receiving grants-in-aid in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. The task force shall be comprised of the following members: (1) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee; (2) the Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee; (3) a representative of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference; (4) a representative of the Connecticut Athletic Trainers' Association; (5) the director of The University of Connecticut Health Center's Injury Prevention and Sports Outreach program; and (6) a representative of a children's hospital in the state. The task force shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, education and appropriations not later than January 1, 2016. Such report shall include a summary of the reports submitted to the Commissioner of Public Health in accordance with subsection (a) of this section and recommendations for decreasing the number and severity of injuries incurred by students during high school athletic activities. The task force shall terminate on the date it submits such report or January 1, 2016, whichever is later.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
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Statement of Purpose:
To establish a pilot program to monitor incidents of injuries to high school students during participation in interscholastic athletic activities and to establish a task force to study such injuries and make recommendations to decrease the number of such injuries.
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