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.