Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 430
       
       
        
       By Senator Simon
       
       
       
       
       
       3-00570-24                                             2024430__
    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 to adopt
    5         bylaws requiring member schools to provide certain
    6         health care services to student athletes; providing
    7         minimum requirements for such bylaws; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (n) is added to subsection (2) of
   13  section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.—
   15         (2) ADOPTION OF BYLAWS, POLICIES, OR GUIDELINES.—
   16         (n) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws to establish requirements
   17  for the provision of health care services to student athletes by
   18  member schools. The bylaws, as determined by the Sports Medicine
   19  Advisory Committee of the FHSAA, must require, at a minimum,
   20  that:
   21         1. Health care services for student athletes be as
   22  comprehensive as practicable.
   23         2. Member schools hire or contract with qualified health
   24  care practitioners to provide health care services to student
   25  athletes participating in collision and contact sports.
   26         3. Member schools provide for the legally compliant
   27  collection, review, and storage of student athlete health
   28  information, including, but not limited to, preparticipation
   29  screenings and written medical clearance to return to
   30  activities.
   31         4. Non-health care personnel who support the health and
   32  safety of student athletes have training, including training in
   33  administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic
   34  external defibrillators, first aid, and resources available to
   35  adequately recognize and respond to urgent situations.
   36         5. Non-health care personnel be trained to work with the
   37  health care practitioners hired or contracted by the school to
   38  ensure the development of and compliance with appropriate safety
   39  policies and emergency action plans for student athletes.
   40         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.