Bill Text: FL H0831 | 2011 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: High School Athletic Trainers
Spectrum:
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H0831 Detail]
Download: Florida-2011-H0831-Comm_Sub.html
CS/CS/HB 831 |
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2 | An act relating to high school athletic trainers; |
3 | requiring the Florida High School Athletic Association to |
4 | conduct a study related to the need for athletic trainers |
5 | in certain high schools and to submit the study's findings |
6 | to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; |
7 | providing an effective date. |
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9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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11 | Section 1. The Florida High School Athletic Association |
12 | shall conduct a study to evaluate the need for athletic trainers |
13 | in each high school in the state that participates in athletics. |
14 | The association shall consult with school districts, medical |
15 | professionals, and the Department of Health to consider the |
16 | need, cost, and availability of hiring an athletic trainer for |
17 | each high school that participates in athletics. The study shall |
18 | include, at a minimum, data related to the number of schools |
19 | that currently employ an athletic trainer, the sports supervised |
20 | by an athletic trainer, and the injury rates for those sports |
21 | supervised by an athletic trainer compared to the injury rates |
22 | for the same sports not supervised by an athletic trainer. For |
23 | purposes of this study, "high school" includes grades 6 through |
24 | 12. The association shall submit its findings to the Governor, |
25 | the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
26 | Representatives by December 1, 2011. |
27 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |
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