Amend CSHB 961 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 38.156, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 38.156. REMOVAL FROM PLAY IN PRACTICE OR COMPETITION FOLLOWING CONCUSSION. A student shall be removed from an interscholastic athletics practice or competition immediately if one of the following persons believes the student might have sustained a concussion during the practice or competition:
(1) a coach;
(2) a physician;
(3) a licensed health care professional;
(4) a person licensed under Chapter 201, Occupations Code; [or]
(5) a school nurse; or
(6) the student's parent or guardian or another person with legal authority to make medical decisions for the student.