77R11920 BDH-D
By Hochberg H.B. No. 2452
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2452:
By Hochberg C.S.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 and
2-1 (8) one athletic trainer appropriately licensed and
2-2 working in a high school.
2-3 (b) To be eligible to serve as a member of the medical
2-4 board, a physician must be licensed and practicing medicine in the
2-5 state and be of good standing in the medical profession.
2-6 (c) Members of the medical board serve staggered two-year
2-7 terms, with the terms of the members described by Subsections
2-8 (a)(1)-(4) expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year and the
2-9 terms of the members described by Subsections (a)(5)-(8) expiring
2-10 on February 1 of each even-numbered year. A member may serve more
2-11 than one term.
2-12 (d) The governor shall select a chair from among the medical
2-13 board members.
2-14 (e) A member of the medical board may not receive
2-15 compensation, but is entitled to reimbursement from the University
2-16 Interscholastic League for travel expenses incurred by the member
2-17 while conducting the business of the medical board.
2-18 (f) The medical board shall by rule adopt a uniform medical
2-19 policy applicable to students, campuses, and school districts
2-20 participating in University Interscholastic League athletic
2-21 competitions. The rules must include:
2-22 (1) minimum requirements for any physical examinations
2-23 and medical screenings conducted to determine student eligibility
2-24 for University Interscholastic League athletic competitions;
2-25 (2) criteria designed to ensure that any student who
2-26 sustains a bodily injury is medically fit to resume training for or
2-27 participating in a University Interscholastic League athletic
3-1 competition; and
3-2 (3) procedures designed to ensure that the parent or
3-3 guardian of any student who sustains a bodily injury has all
3-4 medical information necessary to make an informed decision
3-5 regarding the student's resumption of training for or participation
3-6 in a University Interscholastic League athletic competition.
3-7 (g) A rule adopted by the medical board under Subsection (f)
3-8 must be submitted to the commissioner and is not effective unless
3-9 the rule is approved by the commissioner.
3-10 (h) The State Executive Committee of the University
3-11 Interscholastic League shall disqualify a school from a University
3-12 Interscholastic League athletic competition if the school permits
3-13 an ineligible student to participate in the competition in
3-14 violation of a rule adopted under Subsection (f). The commissioner
3-15 shall determine the duration of the period of disqualification
3-16 under this subsection.
3-17 (i) The commissioner may consult the medical board in
3-18 approving a University Interscholastic League rule under this
3-19 subchapter.
3-20 SECTION 2. (a) As soon as possible after the effective date
3-21 of this Act, the governor shall appoint the initial members of the
3-22 University Interscholastic League Medical Board created under
3-23 Section 33.0841, Education Code, as added by this Act.
3-24 (b) Not later than June 1, 2002, the University
3-25 Interscholastic League Medical Board shall by rule adopt a uniform
3-26 medical policy applicable to students, campuses, and school
3-27 districts participating in University Interscholastic League
4-1 athletic competitions and submit the rules to the commissioner of
4-2 education for approval, as provided by Section 33.0841, Education
4-3 Code, as added by this Act.
4-4 SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this Act
4-5 applies beginning with the 2002-2003 school year.
4-6 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
4-7 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
4-8 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
4-9 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
4-10 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.