MS HB1173 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

An Act To Be Known As The "mississippi Coach Safely Act"; To Define Certain Terms; To Require A Youth Athletics Association Conducting High Risk Youth Athletic Activities For Children Under Age 15 To Require Coaches And Athletic Personnel To Annually Complete A Youth Injury Mitigation And Information Course Approved By The State Department Of Health; To Provide A Defense From Liability For A Youth Athlete's Injury In A High Risk Athletic Activity For Athletic Personnel And Coaches Who Have Completed The Course And Reasonably Used Safety Techniques And Methods Taught In The Course; To Require The State Department Of Health To Adopt Rules And Regulations For Implementation Of The Coach Safely Act; And For Related Purposes.

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Title

Mississippi Coach Safely Act; create to require certain youth coaches to take injury mitigation and information course.

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History

DateChamberAction
2024-03-05HouseDied In Committee
2024-02-14HouseReferred To Public Health and Human Services;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

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