Bill Text: TX HB3024 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the removal of a public school student from an interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected concussion.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective immediately [HB3024 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3024-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3024 |
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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; [ |
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(4) a person licensed under Chapter 201, 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, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3024 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3024 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |