Bill Text: NY A05755 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits children thirteen years old and younger from heading in organized youth soccer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to health [A05755 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A05755-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5755 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 4, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting chil- dren thirteen years old and younger from heading while participating in organized soccer THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a 2 new title 7 to read as follows: 3 TITLE VII 4 YOUTH SPORTS 5 SECTION 2595. PROHIBITION OF HEADING IN SOCCER. 6 S 2595. PROHIBITION OF HEADING IN SOCCER. 1. (A) NO CHILD THIRTEEN 7 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER SHALL ENGAGE IN HEADING WHILE PARTICIPATING IN 8 ORGANIZED SOCCER; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING WITHIN THIS SECTION 9 SHALL PROHIBIT CHILDREN THIRTEEN YEARS OLD AND YOUNGER FROM PLAYING, 10 PRACTICING, OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATING IN ANY FORM OF SOCCER WHICH DOES 11 NOT INVOLVE HEADING. 12 (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ORGANIZED SOCCER" SHALL INCLUDE 13 ANY PRACTICE, GAME OR OTHER ACTIVITY WHICH INVOLVES ENGAGING IN SOCCER 14 AND WHICH IS ORGANIZED BY A SCHOOL, ADULT, OR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE LEAGUE 15 OR OTHER ENTITY WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO ALLOW CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN 16 SOCCER. 17 2. ANY SCHOOL, ADULT, OR LEAGUE OR OTHER ENTITY WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO 18 ALLOW CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCCER, WHO ALLOWS CHILDREN THIRTEEN 19 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER TO ENGAGE IN HEADING WHILE PLAYING, PRACTICING, 20 OR OTHERWISE ENGAGING IN SOCCER SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A CIVIL PENALTY 21 UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE TWO OF ARTICLE ONE OF THIS CHAPTER. 22 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09705-01-5