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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to cardiac assessments of participants in extracurricular |
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athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University |
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Interscholastic League. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.095 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.095. CARDIAC ASSESSMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS IN |
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EXTRACURRICULAR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. (a) Except as provided under |
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Subsection (d), a school district must require a district student |
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who is required under University Interscholastic League rule or |
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policy to receive a physical examination before being allowed to |
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participate in an athletic activity sponsored or sanctioned by the |
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University Interscholastic League to also have administered to the |
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student an electrocardiogram before being allowed to participate in |
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the activity, including a practice for the activity, as follows: |
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(1) one time before the student's first year of |
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participation; and |
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(2) another time before the student's third year of |
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participation. |
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(b) This section does not create a cause of action or |
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liability against an appropriately licensed or certified health |
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care professional, a school district, or a district officer or |
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employee for the injury or death of a student participating in or |
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practicing for an athletic activity sponsored or sanctioned by the |
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University Interscholastic League based on or in connection with |
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the administration or evaluation of or reliance on an |
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electrocardiogram or on any echocardiogram. |
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(c) The University Interscholastic League shall adopt rules |
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as necessary to administer this section. |
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(d) The rules adopted under Subsection (c) must include a |
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rule for granting a waiver from administration of an |
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electrocardiogram under this section to a student in response to a |
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written request from the parent of or person standing in parental |
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relation to the student claiming a financial or religious reason |
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for the waiver. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |