Florida Senate - 2025 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1070 Ì290226ÊÎ290226 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 03/19/2025 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Health Policy (Simon) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the enacting clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Second Chance 6 Act.” 7 Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (17) of section 8 1002.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 9 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public 10 school students must receive accurate and timely information 11 regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed 12 of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12 13 students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory 14 rights including, but not limited to, the following: 15 (17) ATHLETICS; PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.— 16 (b) Medical evaluation and electrocardiogram.—Students must 17 satisfactorily pass a medical evaluation each year and, as 18 applicable under s. 1006.20, receive an electrocardiogram before 19 participating in athletics, unless the parent objects in writing 20 based on religious tenets or practices or provides a written 21 statement from a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 22 459 that the student does not require an electrocardiogram, in 23 accordance withthe provisions ofs. 1006.20(2)(d). 24 Section 3. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (2) of 25 section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 26 1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.— 27 (2) ADOPTION OF BYLAWS, POLICIES, OR GUIDELINES.— 28 (c) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws that require the 29 following: 30 1.RequireAll students participating in interscholastic 31 athletic competition or who are candidates for an 32 interscholastic athletic team to satisfactorily pass a medical 33 evaluation each year before participating in interscholastic 34 athletic competition or engaging in any practice, tryout, 35 workout, conditioning, or other physical activity associated 36 with the student’s candidacy for an interscholastic athletic 37 team, including activities that occur outside of the school 38 year. Such medical evaluation may be administered only by a 39 practitioner licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 40 460, or s. 464.012 or registered under s. 464.0123 and in good 41 standing with the practitioner’s regulatory board. The bylaws 42 shall establish requirements for eliciting a student’s medical 43 history and performing the medical evaluation required under 44 this paragraph, which shall include a physical assessment of the 45 student’s physical capabilities to participate in 46 interscholastic athletic competition as contained in a uniform 47 preparticipation physical evaluation and history form. The 48 evaluation form mustshallincorporate the recommendations of 49 the American Heart Association for participation cardiovascular 50 screening and mustshallprovide a place for the signature of 51 the practitioner performing the evaluation with an attestation 52 that each examination procedure listed on the form was performed 53 by the practitioner or by someone under the direct supervision 54 of the practitioner. The form mustshallalso contain a place 55 for the practitioner to indicate if a referral to another 56 practitioner was made in lieu of completion of a certain 57 examination procedure. The form mustshallprovide a place for 58 the practitioner to whom the student was referred to complete 59 the remaining sections and attest to that portion of the 60 examination. The preparticipation physical evaluation form must 61shalladvise students to complete a cardiovascular assessment 62 and mustshallinclude information concerning alternative 63 cardiovascular evaluation and diagnostic tests. Results of such 64 medical evaluation must be provided to the school. A student is 65 not eligible to participate, as provided in s. 1006.15(3), in 66 any interscholastic athletic competition or engage in any 67 practice, tryout, workout, or other physical activity associated 68 with the student’s candidacy for an interscholastic athletic 69 team until the results of the medical evaluation have been 70 received and approved by the school. 71 2. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, students 72 identified by the FHSAA who participate in interscholastic 73 athletic competition or are candidates for an interscholastic 74 athletic team to receive an electrocardiogram as a part of the 75 student’s medical evaluation. The FHSAA shall adopt a schedule 76 to require that, by the 2028-2029 school year, each student who 77 participates in interscholastic athletic competition or is a 78 candidate for an interscholastic athletic team has received at 79 least one electrocardiogram as a part of the student’s medical 80 evaluation before participation. The FHSAA bylaws must include 81 the criteria used to determine the students required to receive 82 an electrocardiogram in the 2029-2030 school year and 83 thereafter. 84 (d)1. Notwithstandingthe provisions ofparagraph (c), a 85 student may participate in interscholastic athletic competition 86 or be a candidate for an interscholastic athletic team if the 87 parent of the student objects in writing to the student 88 undergoing a medical evaluation or receiving an 89 electrocardiogram because such evaluation or electrocardiogram 90 is contrary to his or her religious tenets or practices. 91 However, in such case, there shall be no liability on the part 92 of any person or entity in a position to otherwise rely on the 93 results of such medical evaluation or electrocardiogram for any 94 damages resulting from the student’s injury or death arising 95 directly from the student’s participation in interscholastic 96 athletics whenwherean undisclosed medical condition that would 97 have been revealed in the medical evaluation or 98 electrocardiogram is a proximate cause of the injury or death. 99 If a parent of a student objects in writing to the student 100 receiving an electrocardiogram on the grounds that it is 101 contrary to the parent’s or student’s religious tenets or 102 practices, the parent must provide a written release of 103 liability prepared by an attorney in good standing with The 104 Florida Bar. Alternatively, a parent may provide a written 105 statement from a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 106 459 and in good standing with the applicable regulatory board 107 that the student does not require an electrocardiogram. 108 2. The FHSAA shall develop a standard form to document 109 exceptions granted under this paragraph. 110 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 111 112 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 113 And the title is amended as follows: 114 Delete everything before the enacting clause 115 and insert: 116 A bill to be entitled 117 An act relating to electrocardiograms for student 118 athletes; providing a short title; amending s. 119 1002.20, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made 120 by the act; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; requiring 121 certain students to receive an electrocardiogram to 122 participate in athletics, beginning on a specified 123 date; requiring the Florida High School Athletic 124 Association (FHSAA) to adopt a schedule requiring 125 that, by a specified date, certain students receive, 126 before competing, at least one electrocardiogram as a 127 part of their medical evaluation; requiring that the 128 FHSAA bylaws include the criteria used to determine 129 the students required to receive an electrocardiogram; 130 revising provisions related to parental objections to 131 requirements for participation in athletics to include 132 objection to electrocardiograms; requiring that 133 parents who object to an electrocardiogram provide a 134 specified release from liability; requiring the FHSAA 135 to develop a standard form to document exceptions; 136 providing an effective date.