Bill Text: TX HB3456 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3456 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Public Education [HB3456 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3456-Introduced.html

	86R14249 JES-F

	By: Price	H.B. No. 3456



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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 medical professional who is licensed in this state
	as a member of the district or charter school concussion oversight
	team, provided that the professional 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; or
	(5) 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, 2019.