Bill Text: IL HB1205 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. In provisions regarding student athletes and concussions and head injuries, requires a school board to adopt a policy limiting tackling in football practice to once a week. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks [HB1205 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1205-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1205
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1205 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Football Practice Hitting Limitation Act.
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| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. | ||||||
| 7 | "Football program" means the organized football program of | ||||||
| 8 | a public or non-public elementary or secondary school or | ||||||
| 9 | organized youth football league. | ||||||
| 10 | "Full-contact hitting practice" means full-pad (helmet, | ||||||
| 11 | shoulder pads, padded pants, and cleats), full-speed, football | ||||||
| 12 | practice that involves tackling to the ground.
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| 13 | Section 10. Full-contact hitting practice limitation. | ||||||
| 14 | Beginning May 31, 2014, the coach of a football program shall | ||||||
| 15 | limit full-contact hitting practice to the following: | ||||||
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| 1 | (1) During the regular season, full-contact hitting | ||||||
| 2 | practice is limited to a maximum of 2 days a week. | ||||||
| 3 | (2) During the pre-season, full-contact hitting | ||||||
| 4 | practice is at the discretion of the coach. | ||||||
| 5 | (3) During the off-season and during summer camp, | ||||||
| 6 | full-contact hitting practice is prohibited.
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| 7 | Section 15. Online concussion training program. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A coach of a football program must complete a | ||||||
| 9 | certified, online concussion training program on or before May | ||||||
| 10 | 31, 2014. The training program shall include at least one of | ||||||
| 11 | the following: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) A program provided by the Heads Up: Concussion in | ||||||
| 13 | Youth Sports initiative of the Centers for Disease Control | ||||||
| 14 | and Prevention National Center for Injury Prevention and | ||||||
| 15 | Control. | ||||||
| 16 | (2) A program provided by the National Federation of | ||||||
| 17 | State High School Associations. | ||||||
| 18 | (b) The training program required under subsection (a) of | ||||||
| 19 | this Section shall include details about the following: | ||||||
| 20 | (1) Efforts to reduce full-contact hitting practice. | ||||||
| 21 | (2) The long-term effects of repetitive hits to the | ||||||
| 22 | head and recurrent concussions. | ||||||
| 23 | (3) Training techniques to protect youth athletes from | ||||||
| 24 | brain injury.
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| 25 | (c) On or before December 31, 2013, the Illinois High | ||||||
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| 1 | School Association's Football Advisory Committee and Sports | ||||||
| 2 | Medicine Advisory Committee shall work together to create a | ||||||
| 3 | supplemental, online training program designed to prevent | ||||||
| 4 | concussive and subconcussive brain injuries. This program | ||||||
| 5 | shall be considered a certified, online concussion training | ||||||
| 6 | program for the purposes of subsection (a) of this Section. | ||||||
| 7 | (d) This Section is repealed on June 1, 2014.
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| 8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 9 | becoming law.".
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