South Carolina Senate Bill 565 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on March 21 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-21 - Referred to Committee on Education
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Require The Department Of Health And Environmental Control To Post On It's Website Guidelines And Model Policies For Identifying And Managing Suspected Concussions In Student Athletes, To Require Each Local School District To Develop Concussion Guidelines And Procedures, To Require School Districts To Annually Provide Information On Concussions And Brain Injuries To Student Athletes And Their Parents, To Require A Student Athlete To Be Removed From Play If Believed To Have Sustained A Concussion, And To Establish Procedures For Returning An Athlete To Play, For Further Evaluation, And For Returning To Play After Further Evaluation, And To Provide Immunity For Trainers And Physicians Who Evaluate And Return A Student To Play During A Practice Or An Athletic Competition, Whether The Trainer Or Physician Was A Volunteer Or Paid.

Student Athletes

Sen. Michael Fair [R]

Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]

Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-21	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2013-03-21	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	63	95	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0565&session=120&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/565_20130321.htm