Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1642
       
       
        
       By Senator Simon
       
       
       
       
       
       3-01823B-23                                           20231642__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Florida High School Athletic
    3         Association; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; requiring the
    4         Florida High School Athletic Association, in
    5         consultation with its Sports Medicine Advisory
    6         Committee, to adopt bylaws to establish requirements
    7         for the provision of health care services to student
    8         athletes; requiring that such health care services be
    9         as comprehensive as practicable; requiring that the
   10         bylaws, at a minimum, require member schools, when
   11         practicable, to hire or contract with qualified health
   12         care providers to provide health care services to
   13         certain student athletes and provide for the legally
   14         compliant collection, review, and storage of student
   15         athlete health information; providing an effective
   16         date.
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   18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   20         Section 1. Paragraph (n) is added to subsection (2) of
   21  section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
   22         1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.—
   23         (2) ADOPTION OF BYLAWS, POLICIES, OR GUIDELINES.—
   24         (n) The FHSAA, in consultation with its Sports Medicine
   25  Advisory Committee, shall adopt bylaws to establish requirements
   26  for the provision of health care services to student athletes by
   27  member schools. Required health care services for student
   28  athletes must be as comprehensive as practicable. At a minimum,
   29  the bylaws must require that member schools, when practicable:
   30         1. Hire or contract with a qualified health care provider
   31  to provide health care services to student athletes
   32  participating in collision and contact sports as defined by the
   33  sports medicine advisory committee established under paragraph
   34  (m).
   35         2. Provide for the legally compliant collection, review,
   36  and storage of student athlete health information, including,
   37  but not limited to, preparticipation screenings and written
   38  medical clearance to return for student athletes.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.