87R19549 JES-F
 
  By: Price H.B. No. 3449
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the membership of a public school concussion oversight
  team and the removal of a public school student from an
  interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected
  concussion.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 38.154, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school
  may include any person licensed under Chapter 201 or 453,
  Occupations Code, as a member of the district or charter school
  concussion oversight team, provided that the person meets the
  training requirement under Subsection (c).
         SECTION 2.  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 or 453,
  Occupations Code;
               (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.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.