Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 256
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/03/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget (Flores) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) are added to
    6  subsection (2) of section 943.0438, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         943.0438 Athletic coaches for independent sanctioning
    8  authorities.—
    9         (2) An independent sanctioning authority shall:
   10         (e) Adopt guidelines to educate athletic coaches,
   11  officials, administrators, and youth athletes and their parents
   12  or guardians of the nature and risk of concussion and head
   13  injury.
   14         (f) Adopt bylaws or policies that require the parent or
   15  guardian of a youth who is participating in athletic competition
   16  or who is a candidate for an athletic team to sign and return an
   17  informed consent that explains the nature and risk of concussion
   18  and head injury, including the risk of continuing to play after
   19  concussion or head injury, each year before participating in
   20  athletic competition or engaging in any practice, tryout,
   21  workout, or other physical activity associated with the youth’s
   22  candidacy for an athletic team.
   23         (g) Adopt bylaws or policies that require each youth
   24  athlete who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head
   25  injury in a practice or competition to be immediately removed
   26  from the activity. A youth athlete who has been removed from an
   27  activity may not return to practice or competition until the
   28  youth submits to the athletic coach a written medical clearance
   29  to return stating that the youth athlete no longer exhibits
   30  signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion or
   31  other head injury. Medical clearance must be authorized by the
   32  appropriate health care practitioner trained in the diagnosis,
   33  evaluation, and management of concussions as defined by the
   34  Sports Medicine Advisory Committee of the Florida High School
   35  Athletic Association.
   36         Section 2. Paragraphs (e), (f), (g), and (h) are added to
   37  subsection (2) of section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
   38         1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.—
   39         (2) ADOPTION OF BYLAWS, POLICIES, OR GUIDELINES.—
   40         (e) The organization shall adopt guidelines to educate
   41  athletic coaches, officials, administrators, and student
   42  athletes and their parents of the nature and risk of concussion
   43  and head injury.
   44         (f) The organization shall adopt bylaws or policies that
   45  require the parent of a student who is participating in
   46  interscholastic athletic competition or who is a candidate for
   47  an interscholastic athletic team to sign and return an informed
   48  consent that explains the nature and risk of concussion and head
   49  injury, including the risk of continuing to play after
   50  concussion or head injury, each year before participating in
   51  interscholastic athletic competition or engaging in any
   52  practice, tryout, workout, or other physical activity associated
   53  with the student’s candidacy for an interscholastic athletic
   54  team.
   55         (g) The organization shall adopt bylaws or policies that
   56  require each student athlete who is suspected of sustaining a
   57  concussion or head injury in a practice or competition to be
   58  immediately removed from the activity. A student athlete who has
   59  been removed from an activity may not return to practice or
   60  competition until the student submits to the school a written
   61  medical clearance to return stating that the student athlete no
   62  longer exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a
   63  concussion or other head injury. Medical clearance must be
   64  authorized by the appropriate health care practitioner trained
   65  in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of concussions as
   66  defined by the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee of the Florida
   67  High School Athletic Association.
   68         (h) The organization shall adopt bylaws for the
   69  establishment and duties of a sports medicine advisory committee
   70  composed of the following members:
   71         1. Eight physicians licensed under chapter 458 or chapter
   72  459 with at least one member licensed under chapter 459.
   73         2. One chiropractor licensed under chapter 460.
   74         3. One podiatrist licensed under chapter 461.
   75         4. One dentist licensed under chapter 466.
   76         5. Three athletic trainers licensed under part XIII of
   77  chapter 468.
   78         6. One member who is a current or retired head coach of a
   79  high school in the state.
   80         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.
   81  
   82  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   83         And the title is amended as follows:
   84         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   85  and insert:
   86                        A bill to be entitled                      
   87         An act relating to youth athletes; amending ss.
   88         943.0438 and 1006.20, F.S.; requiring an independent
   89         sanctioning authority for youth athletic teams and the
   90         Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt
   91         guidelines, bylaws, and policies relating to the
   92         nature and risk of concussion and head injury in youth
   93         athletes; requiring informed consent for participation
   94         in practice or competition; requiring removal from
   95         practice or competition under certain circumstances
   96         and written medical clearance to return; requiring the
   97         Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt
   98         bylaws for the establishment and duties of a sports
   99         medicine advisory committee; specifying membership;
  100         providing an effective date.