1-1 By: Hochberg (Senate Sponsor - Bivins) H.B. No. 2452 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2001; 1-3 May 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Education; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the establishment of a medical board for University 1-9 Interscholastic League athletic competitions and to parental 1-10 involvement in decisions about student participation in the 1-11 competitions. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is 1-14 amended by adding Section 33.0841 to read as follows: 1-15 Sec. 33.0841. UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE MEDICAL 1-16 BOARD. (a) The University Interscholastic League Medical Board is 1-17 composed of the following members appointed by the governor: 1-18 (1) one physician specializing in sports medicine; 1-19 (2) one physician specializing in general pediatric 1-20 medicine; 1-21 (3) one physician specializing in orthopedic medicine 1-22 and working with children or adolescents as an athletic team 1-23 physician; 1-24 (4) one pediatric neurologist or pediatric 1-25 neurosurgeon; 1-26 (5) one physician specializing in family medicine; 1-27 (6) one representative of the University 1-28 Interscholastic League; 1-29 (7) one athletic team coach working in a high school; 1-30 (8) one athletic trainer appropriately licensed and 1-31 working in a high school; and 1-32 (9) one chiropractor qualified as a certified 1-33 chiropractic sports physician by the American Board of Chiropractic 1-34 Sports Physicians. 1-35 (b) To be eligible to serve as a member of the medical 1-36 board, a physician must be licensed and practicing medicine in the 1-37 state and be of good standing in the medical profession. 1-38 (c) Members of the medical board serve staggered two-year 1-39 terms, with the terms of the members described by Subsections 1-40 (a)(1)-(5) expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year and the 1-41 terms of the members described by Subsections (a)(6)-(9) expiring 1-42 on February 1 of each even-numbered year. A member may serve more 1-43 than one term. 1-44 (d) The governor shall select a chair from among the medical 1-45 board members. 1-46 (e) A member of the medical board may not receive 1-47 compensation, but is entitled to reimbursement from the University 1-48 Interscholastic League for travel expenses incurred by the member 1-49 while conducting the business of the medical board. 1-50 (f) The medical board shall by rule adopt a uniform medical 1-51 policy applicable to students, campuses, and school districts 1-52 participating in University Interscholastic League athletic 1-53 competitions. The rules must include: 1-54 (1) minimum requirements for the content and 1-55 scheduling of any physical examinations and medical screenings 1-56 conducted to determine student eligibility for University 1-57 Interscholastic League athletic competitions; 1-58 (2) criteria designed to ensure that any student who 1-59 sustains a bodily injury is medically fit to resume training for or 1-60 participating in a University Interscholastic League athletic 1-61 competition; and 1-62 (3) procedures designed to ensure that the parent or 1-63 guardian of any student who sustains a bodily injury has all 1-64 medical information necessary to be an informed participant in 2-1 discussions regarding the student's resumption of training for or 2-2 participation in a University Interscholastic League athletic 2-3 competition. 2-4 (g) A rule adopted by the medical board under Subsection (f) 2-5 must be submitted to the commissioner and is not effective unless 2-6 the rule is approved by the commissioner. 2-7 (h) If a school permits an ineligible student to participate 2-8 in a University Interscholastic League athletic competition in 2-9 violation of a rule adopted under Subsection (f), the State 2-10 Executive Committee of the University Interscholastic League shall 2-11 disqualify the team on which the student plays from further 2-12 competition. The period of disqualification under this subsection 2-13 must be consistent with the period of disqualification for other 2-14 student ineligibility violations. 2-15 (i) The commissioner may consult the medical board in 2-16 approving a University Interscholastic League rule under this 2-17 subchapter. 2-18 SECTION 2. (a) As soon as possible after the effective date 2-19 of this Act, the governor shall appoint the initial members of the 2-20 University Interscholastic League Medical Board created under 2-21 Section 33.0841, Education Code, as added by this Act. 2-22 (b) Not later than June 1, 2002, the University 2-23 Interscholastic League Medical Board shall by rule adopt a uniform 2-24 medical policy applicable to students, campuses, and school 2-25 districts participating in University Interscholastic League 2-26 athletic competitions and submit the rules to the commissioner of 2-27 education for approval, as provided by Section 33.0841, Education 2-28 Code, as added by this Act. 2-29 SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this Act 2-30 applies beginning with the 2002-2003 school year. 2-31 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-32 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-33 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-34 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-35 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 2-36 * * * * *