Indiana House Bill 1152 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-06 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires the department of education, consulting with an association that conducts, organizes, sanctions, or sponsors interscholastic high school athletic events as the association's primary purpose, to develop and disseminate guidelines, information sheets, and forms to inform and educate coaches, student athletes, and parents of student athletes of the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries. Requires that a student athlete and the student athlete's parent must be given information concerning head injuries and concussions and return a form acknowledging receipt of the information to the student athlete's coach each year before beginning practice for a sport. Provides that a student athlete who is suspected of sustaining a head injury or concussion must be removed from play at the time of the injury. Provides that the student athlete may not return to play until the student athlete has been evaluated and received written clearance from a licensed health care provider trained in evaluating head injuries. Provides that a health care provider who as a volunteer provides head injury evaluations to student athletes has immunity from civil liability for acts or omissions arising from the evaluations, except for gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.

Concussions and head injuries in student athletes.

Rep. Ronald Bacon [R]

Rep. Robert Heaton [R]

Rep. Peggy Welch [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-06		First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2011-01-06		Coauthored by Representatives Heaton and Welch
2011-01-06		Authored by Representative Bacon

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1152
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN1152.1.html