Bill Text: IA HF17 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for certain emergency medical procedures training requirements for school coaches and assessment and reporting of potential concussions or brain injuries in certain extracurricular athletic contests, and including applicability provisions. (See HF 563.)
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-15 - NOBA: House Full Approps [HF17 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF17-Introduced.html
House File 17 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY JONES A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for certain emergency medical procedures 2 training requirements for school coaches and assessment and 3 reporting of potential concussions or brain injuries in 4 certain extracurricular athletic contests, and including 5 applicability provisions. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1453YH (2) 87 je/jh/rj PAG LIN 1 1 DIVISION I 1 2 SCHOOL COACHES ==== EMERGENCY MEDICAL PROCEDURES TRAINING 1 3 Section 1. Section 272.31, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 4 2017, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: 1 5 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (05) Successful completion of a 1 6 certification course for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use 1 7 of an automated external defibrillator. 1 8 Sec. 2. Section 279.19B, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended 1 9 by adding the following new paragraph: 1 10 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0b. An individual employed under paragraph 1 11 "a" shall possess a valid certificate of completion of a 1 12 nationally recognized course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation 1 13 and use of an automated external defibrillator. 1 14 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS. A person who possesses 1 15 a valid teaching license with a coaching endorsement or a 1 16 coaching authorization issued by the board of educational 1 17 examiners prior to July 1, 2017, shall have until July 1, 2018, 1 18 to meet the requirements of this division of this Act. 1 19 DIVISION II 1 20 ASSESSING AND REPORTING OF POTENTIAL CONCUSSIONS OR BRAIN 1 21 INJURIES IN EXTRACURRICULAR INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC CONTESTS 1 22 Sec. 4. Section 280.13C, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended 1 23 to read as follows: 1 24 2. If a student's coach,orcontest official, or contest 1 25 health care professional observes signs, symptoms, or 1 26 behaviors consistent with a concussion or brain injury in an 1 27 extracurricular interscholastic activity, the student shall be 1 28 immediately removed from participation. 1 29 Sec. 5. Section 280.13C, Code 2017, is amended by adding the 1 30 following new subsection: 1 31 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. a. The home team in an extracurricular 1 32 interscholastic contest in which varsity high school athletic 1 33 teams participate in a collision sport shall ensure that a 1 34 contest health care professional is present and available to 1 35 assess athletic injuries at such contest. 2 1 b. The home team in an extracurricular interscholastic 2 2 contest in which varsity high school athletic teams participate 2 3 in a contact sport is strongly encouraged to ensure that a 2 4 contest health care professional is present and available to 2 5 assess athletic injuries at such contest. 2 6 c. If an athlete shows signs, symptoms, or behaviors 2 7 consistent with a concussion or brain injury, a coach, contest 2 8 official, or contest health care professional identifying the 2 9 signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion or 2 10 brain injury shall notify the athlete's parent or guardian 2 11 and a school representative present at the contest. The 2 12 school representative so notified shall be a coach or athletic 2 13 director where possible. If the athlete's parent or guardian 2 14 is not present at the contest, the coach, contest official, 2 15 or contest health care professional shall call the parent or 2 16 guardian at the time of such identification or at the time of 2 17 earliest convenience following the athlete's injury on the 2 18 same contest calendar day. Each team in an extracurricular 2 19 interscholastic contest in which varsity high school athletic 2 20 teams participate shall have contact information for each 2 21 participating athlete's parent or guardian readily available 2 22 through a coach or school representative in order to carry out 2 23 such notifications as needed. 2 24 d. The department of education, the Iowa high school 2 25 athletic association, and the Iowa girls high school athletic 2 26 union shall establish a process whereby an extracurricular 2 27 interscholastic athletic contest may still take place when 2 28 a contest health care professional who was scheduled to be 2 29 present and available as provided in this section is unable to 2 30 be present due to unforeseen circumstances. 2 31 Sec. 6. Section 280.13C, subsection 4, Code 2017, is amended 2 32 by adding the following new paragraphs: 2 33 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0a. "Collision sport" means football, 2 34 soccer, or wrestling. 2 35 NEW PARAGRAPH. 00a. "Contact sport" means a sport that is 3 1 not a collision sport and that is defined as a contact sport by 3 2 the American academy of pediatrics. 3 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. 000a. "Contest health care professional" 3 4 means a health care professional licensed by this state to 3 5 administer health care in the ordinary course of business with 3 6 a skill set in emergency care and sports medicine injuries and 3 7 with knowledge and experience related to concussion evaluation 3 8 and management. A "contest health care professional" includes 3 9 but is not limited to an athletic trainer licensed under 3 10 chapter 152D, a physician or osteopathic physician licensed 3 11 under chapter 148, or an emergency medical care provider as 3 12 defined in section 147A.1. 3 13 Sec. 7. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 3, 3 14 shall not apply to this division of this Act. 3 15 EXPLANATION 3 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 18 Division I of this bill provides that an applicant for a 3 19 coaching authorization or coaching endorsement issued by the 3 20 board of educational examiners and a person employed by a 3 21 school district as a coach must possess a valid certificate of 3 22 completion of a nationally recognized course in cardiopulmonary 3 23 resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator. 3 24 A person who possesses a valid teaching license with a 3 25 coaching endorsement or a coaching authorization issued by the 3 26 board prior to July 1, 2017, shall have until July 1, 2018, to 3 27 meet the requirements of the bill. 3 28 Division II of the bill requires the home team in an 3 29 extracurricular interscholastic contest in which varsity 3 30 high school athletic teams participate in a collision 3 31 sport to ensure that a contest health care professional is 3 32 present and available to assess athletic injuries at such 3 33 contest. Division II strongly encourages the home team in 3 34 an extracurricular interscholastic contest in which varsity 3 35 high school athletic teams participate in a contact sport to 4 1 ensure that a contest health care professional is present and 4 2 available to assess athletic injuries at such contest. 4 3 Division II provides that if an athlete shows signs, 4 4 symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion or brain 4 5 injury, a coach, contest official, or contest health care 4 6 professional identifying the signs, symptoms, or behaviors 4 7 consistent with a concussion or brain injury must notify the 4 8 athlete's parent or guardian and a school representative 4 9 present at the contest. If the athlete's parent or guardian 4 10 is not present at the contest, the coach, contest official, 4 11 or contest health care professional must call the parent or 4 12 guardian at the time of such identification or at the time of 4 13 earliest convenience following the athlete's injury on the 4 14 same calendar day. The division requires each team in an 4 15 extracurricular interscholastic contest in which varsity high 4 16 school athletic teams participate to have contact information 4 17 for each participating athlete's parent or guardian readily 4 18 available through a coach or school representative in order to 4 19 carry out such notifications as needed. 4 20 Division II requires the department of education, the 4 21 Iowa high school athletic association, and the Iowa girls 4 22 high school athletic union to establish a process whereby an 4 23 extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest can still take 4 24 place when a contest health care professional who was scheduled 4 25 to be present and available as provided in the division is 4 26 unable to be present due to unforeseen circumstances. 4 27 Division II defines "collision sport" as football, soccer, 4 28 or wrestling. Division II defines "contact sport" as a sport 4 29 that is not a collision sport and that is defined as a contact 4 30 sport by the American academy of pediatrics. Division II 4 31 defines "contest health care professional" as a health care 4 32 professional licensed by this state to administer health 4 33 care in the ordinary course of business with a skill set in 4 34 emergency care and sports medicine injuries and with knowledge 4 35 and experience related to concussion evaluation and management. 5 1 A "contest health care professional" includes but is not 5 2 limited to an athletic trainer licensed under Code chapter 5 3 152D, a physician or osteopathic physician licensed under Code 5 4 chapter 148, or an emergency medical care provider as defined 5 5 in section 147A.1. 5 6 Division II adds contest health care professionals to the 5 7 list of individuals who must have a student removed from an 5 8 extracurricular interscholastic activity if the individual 5 9 observes signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a 5 10 concussion or brain injury in the student. 5 11 Division II may include a state mandate as defined in 5 12 Code section 25B.3. The division makes inapplicable Code 5 13 section 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political 5 14 subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for 5 15 the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. 5 16 Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with 5 17 any state mandate included in the division. LSB 1453YH (2) 87 je/jh/rj
