Bill Text: TX HB1002 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the membership of a public school concussion oversight team and the removal of a public school student from an interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected concussion.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB1002 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1002-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1002 | ||
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| relating to the membership of a public school concussion oversight | ||
| team and the removal of a public school student from an | ||
| interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected | ||
| concussion. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 38.154, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
| may include any person licensed under Chapter 201 or 453, | ||
| Occupations Code, as a member of the district or charter school | ||
| concussion oversight team, provided that the person meets the | ||
| training requirement under Subsection (c). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 38.156, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.156. REMOVAL FROM PLAY IN PRACTICE OR COMPETITION | ||
| FOLLOWING CONCUSSION. A student shall be removed from an | ||
| interscholastic athletics practice or competition immediately if | ||
| one of the following persons believes the student might have | ||
| sustained a concussion during the practice or competition: | ||
| (1) a coach; | ||
| (2) a physician; | ||
| (3) a licensed health care professional; | ||
| (4) a person licensed under Chapter 201 or 453, | ||
| Occupations Code; | ||
| (5) a school nurse; or | ||
| (6) the student's parent or guardian or another person | ||
| with legal authority to make medical decisions for the student. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1002 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 5, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1002 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
