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.