Bill Text: TX HB2017 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the removal of a public school student from an interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected concussion.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Referred to Public Education [HB2017 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2017-Introduced.html
| 86R9577 JES-F | ||
| By: Price | H.B. No. 2017 | |
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| relating to 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 38.156, 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; or | ||
| (5) the student's parent or guardian or another person | ||
| with legal authority to make medical decisions for the student. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2019. | ||
