Bill Text: TX HB1002 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
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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-Engrossed.html
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-Engrossed.html
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By: Price, Buckley, Hinojosa, Allison, | H.B. No. 1002 | |
King of Hemphill |
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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. |