Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 256
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/01/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12
       Appropriations (Flores) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 55 - 110
    4  and insert:
    5         3. Adopt bylaws or policies that:
    6         a. Require a youth athlete who is suspected of sustaining a
    7  concussion or head injury in a practice or competition to be
    8  immediately removed from the activity; and
    9         b. Provide that a youth athlete who has been removed may
   10  not return to practice or competition until the youth receives
   11  written clearance to return from an appropriately licensed and
   12  trained physician who is qualified in the field of neurology.
   13         Section 2. Paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) are added to
   14  subsection (2) of section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.—
   16         (2) ADOPTION OF BYLAWS.—
   17         (e) The organization shall adopt guidelines to educate
   18  officials, administrators, coaches, and student athletes and
   19  their parents or guardians of the nature and risk of concussion
   20  and head injury.
   21         (f) The organization shall adopt bylaws or policies that
   22  require the parent or guardian of a student who participates in
   23  interscholastic athletic competition or who is a candidate for
   24  an interscholastic athletic team, before the student
   25  participates in a competition, practice, or other activity, to
   26  annually sign and return a consent form that explains the nature
   27  and risk of concussion and head injury, including the risk of
   28  continuing to play after a concussion or head injury has
   29  occurred.
   30         (g) The organization shall adopt bylaws or policies that:
   31         1. Require a student athlete who is suspected of sustaining
   32  a concussion or head injury in a practice or competition to be
   33  immediately removed from the activity; and
   34         2. Provide that a student athlete who has been removed may
   35  not return to practice or competition until the student receives
   36  written clearance to return from an appropriately licensed and
   37  trained physician who is qualified in the field of neurology.
   38  
   39  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   40         And the title is amended as follows:
   41         Delete lines 12 - 34
   42  and insert:
   43         written clearance from an appropriately licensed and
   44         trained physician who is qualified in the field of
   45         neurology before the youth resumes athletic
   46         activities; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; requiring the
   47         Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt
   48         policies to inform certain officials, coaches, and
   49         student athletes and their parents of the nature and
   50         risk of certain head injuries; requiring that a signed
   51         consent form be obtained before a student athlete
   52         participates in athletic practices or competitions;
   53         requiring that a student athlete be immediately
   54         removed from an athletic activity following a
   55         suspected head injury; requiring written clearance
   56         from an appropriately licensed and trained physician
   57         who is qualified in the field of neurology before the
   58         student resumes athletic activities; providing an
   59         effective date.