By Hochberg H.B. No. 2452
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the establishment of a medical board for University
1-3 Interscholastic League athletic competitions and to parental
1-4 involvement in decisions about student participation in the
1-5 competitions.
1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-7 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
1-8 amended by adding Section 33.0841 to read as follows:
1-9 Sec. 33.0841. UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE MEDICAL
1-10 BOARD. (a) The University Interscholastic League Medical Board is
1-11 composed of the following members appointed by the governor:
1-12 (1) one physician specializing in sports medicine;
1-13 (2) one physician specializing in general pediatric
1-14 medicine;
1-15 (3) one physician specializing in orthopedic medicine
1-16 and working with children or adolescents as an athletic team
1-17 physician;
1-18 (4) one pediatric neurologist or pediatric
1-19 neurosurgeon;
1-20 (5) one physician specializing in family medicine;
1-21 (6) one representative of the University
1-22 Interscholastic League;
1-23 (7) one athletic team coach working in a high school;
1-24 (8) one athletic trainer appropriately licensed and
2-1 working in a high school; and
2-2 (9) one chiropractor qualified as a certified
2-3 chiropractic sports physician by the American Board of Chiropractic
2-4 Sports Physicians.
2-5 (b) To be eligible to serve as a member of the medical
2-6 board, a physician must be licensed and practicing medicine in the
2-7 state and be of good standing in the medical profession.
2-8 (c) Members of the medical board serve staggered two-year
2-9 terms, with the terms of the members described by Subsections
2-10 (a)(1)-(5) expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year and the
2-11 terms of the members described by Subsections (a)(6)-(9) expiring
2-12 on February 1 of each even-numbered year. A member may serve more
2-13 than one term.
2-14 (d) The governor shall select a chair from among the medical
2-15 board members.
2-16 (e) A member of the medical board may not receive
2-17 compensation, but is entitled to reimbursement from the University
2-18 Interscholastic League for travel expenses incurred by the member
2-19 while conducting the business of the medical board.
2-20 (f) The medical board shall by rule adopt a uniform medical
2-21 policy applicable to students, campuses, and school districts
2-22 participating in University Interscholastic League athletic
2-23 competitions. The rules must include:
2-24 (1) minimum requirements for the content and
2-25 scheduling of any physical examinations and medical screenings
2-26 conducted to determine student eligibility for University
2-27 Interscholastic League athletic competitions;
3-1 (2) criteria designed to ensure that any student who
3-2 sustains a bodily injury is medically fit to resume training for or
3-3 participating in a University Interscholastic League athletic
3-4 competition; and
3-5 (3) procedures designed to ensure that the parent or
3-6 guardian of any student who sustains a bodily injury has all
3-7 medical information necessary to be an informed participant in
3-8 discussions regarding the student's resumption of training for or
3-9 participation in a University Interscholastic League athletic
3-10 competition.
3-11 (g) A rule adopted by the medical board under Subsection (f)
3-12 must be submitted to the commissioner and is not effective unless
3-13 the rule is approved by the commissioner.
3-14 (h) If a school permits an ineligible student to participate
3-15 in a University Interscholastic League athletic competition in
3-16 violation of a rule adopted under Subsection (f), the State
3-17 Executive Committee of the University Interscholastic League shall
3-18 disqualify the team on which the student plays from further
3-19 competition. The period of disqualification under this subsection
3-20 must be consistent with the period of disqualification for other
3-21 student ineligibility violations.
3-22 (i) The commissioner may consult the medical board in
3-23 approving a University Interscholastic League rule under this
3-24 subchapter.
3-25 SECTION 2. (a) As soon as possible after the effective date
3-26 of this Act, the governor shall appoint the initial members of the
3-27 University Interscholastic League Medical Board created under
4-1 Section 33.0841, Education Code, as added by this Act.
4-2 (b) Not later than June 1, 2002, the University
4-3 Interscholastic League Medical Board shall by rule adopt a uniform
4-4 medical policy applicable to students, campuses, and school
4-5 districts participating in University Interscholastic League
4-6 athletic competitions and submit the rules to the commissioner of
4-7 education for approval, as provided by Section 33.0841, Education
4-8 Code, as added by this Act.
4-9 SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this Act
4-10 applies beginning with the 2002-2003 school year.
4-11 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
4-12 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
4-13 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
4-14 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
4-15 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.