Bill Text: MI HB4939 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Education; athletics; requirement for ambulance and emergency medical personnel to be present at all high-contact public school sporting events; provide for. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1180.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-10-07 - Printed Bill Filed 10/07/2015 [HB4939 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB4939-Introduced.html

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4939

October 6, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Santana, Geiss, Love, Liberati, Durhal and Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1180.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1180. (1) The board of a school district or board of

 

directors of a public school academy shall ensure that an

 

ambulance, along with appropriate emergency medical services

 

personnel, is present at any interscholastic athletic event

 

sponsored by the school district or public school academy that

 

involves football or another sport or activity that the school

 

district or public school academy considers to be high contact or

 

otherwise reasonably likely to result in serious injury.

 

     (2) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Ambulance" means that term as defined in section 20902 of

 

the public health code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 333.20902.

     (b) "Emergency medical services personnel" means that term as

 

defined in section 20904 of the public health code, 1976 PA 451,

 

MCL 333.20904.