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.
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