Bill Amendment: IL SB2439 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
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Bill Title: SAFETY-TECH
Status: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2439 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB2439-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SAFETY-TECH
Status: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2439 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB2439-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2439
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2439 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Youth Sports Concussion Safety Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 15 and adding Sections 25 and 30 as | ||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (410 ILCS 145/15)
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8 | Sec. 15. Concussion and head injury educational materials. | ||||||
9 | Each youth sports league with players who participate in any | ||||||
10 | youth-sponsored sports activity sponsored or sanctioned by the | ||||||
11 | youth sports league shall is encouraged to make available, | ||||||
12 | electronically or in writing, to coaches, game officials, and | ||||||
13 | players, as well as the parents, guardians, and other persons | ||||||
14 | with legal authority to make medical decisions, educational | ||||||
15 | materials that describe the nature and risk of concussions and | ||||||
16 | head injuries, including the advisability of removal of players |
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1 | that exhibit signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a | ||||||
2 | concussion, such as a loss of consciousness, a headache, | ||||||
3 | dizziness, confusion, or balance problems, from participating | ||||||
4 | in a youth-sponsored sports activity sponsored or sanctioned by | ||||||
5 | the youth sports league. | ||||||
6 | These educational materials may include materials produced | ||||||
7 | or distributed by the Illinois High School Association, those | ||||||
8 | produced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and | ||||||
9 | Prevention, or other comparable materials. The intent of these | ||||||
10 | materials is to assist in educating coaches, game officials, | ||||||
11 | and players and parents, guardians, and other persons with | ||||||
12 | legal authority to make medical decisions for players about the | ||||||
13 | nature and risks of head injuries.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 99-245, eff. 8-3-15.)
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15 | (410 ILCS 145/25 new) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 25. Coach education. A coach shall annually receive | ||||||
17 | first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and automated | ||||||
18 | external defibrillator certification from a nationally | ||||||
19 | recognized program.
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20 | (410 ILCS 145/30 new) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 30. Youth tackle football. | ||||||
22 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||
23 | "EMS personnel" has the same meaning as defined under | ||||||
24 | Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems |
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1 | Act. | ||||||
2 | "Full-contact portion" means the period of time in drills | ||||||
3 | or live action that involves contact at game speed. | ||||||
4 | "Full-contact practice" means a session where one or more | ||||||
5 | drills or live action is conducted that involves contact at | ||||||
6 | game speed, as in an actual tackle football game or scrimmage. | ||||||
7 | "Full-contact practice" includes, but is not limited to, | ||||||
8 | simulations or drills that involve any number of players. | ||||||
9 | "Off-season" means a period extending from the end of the | ||||||
10 | regular season until 30 days before the commencement of the | ||||||
11 | next regular season. | ||||||
12 | "Preseason" means a period of 30 days before the | ||||||
13 | commencement of the regular season. | ||||||
14 | "Regular season" means the period from the first league | ||||||
15 | football game or scrimmage until the completion of the final | ||||||
16 | football game of that season. | ||||||
17 | "Safety equipment" includes, but is not limited to, all of | ||||||
18 | the following: | ||||||
19 | (1) A helmet and its associated parts, including, but | ||||||
20 | not limited to, a face mask and mouth guard. | ||||||
21 | (2) Hip, knee, and shoulder pads. | ||||||
22 | (3) A jersey. | ||||||
23 | (4) A tailbone protector. | ||||||
24 | (5) Pants and thigh guards. | ||||||
25 | (6) Shoes, including, but not limited to, cleats.
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26 | "Youth tackle football team" means a youth tackle football |
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1 | team within a youth sports league. | ||||||
2 | (b) A youth sports league that conducts a tackle football | ||||||
3 | program shall comply with all of the following requirements: | ||||||
4 | (1) A youth tackle football team shall not conduct more | ||||||
5 | than 2 full-contact practices per week during the preseason | ||||||
6 | and regular season. | ||||||
7 | (2) A youth tackle football team shall not hold a | ||||||
8 | full-contact practice during the off-season. | ||||||
9 | (3) The full-contact portion of any practice shall not | ||||||
10 | exceed 30 minutes in any single day. | ||||||
11 | (4) A coach shall annually receive a tackling and | ||||||
12 | blocking certification from a nationally recognized | ||||||
13 | program that emphasizes shoulder tackling, safe contact | ||||||
14 | and blocking drills, and techniques designed to minimize | ||||||
15 | the risk during contact by removing the involvement of a | ||||||
16 | youth tackle football team player's head from all tackling | ||||||
17 | and blocking techniques. | ||||||
18 | (5) A minimum of one EMS personnel must be present | ||||||
19 | during all preseason, regular season, and off-season | ||||||
20 | games. | ||||||
21 | (6) The coach and administrator of a youth tackle | ||||||
22 | football team must successfully complete the education | ||||||
23 | offered under paragraph (1) of subsection (c) at least | ||||||
24 | once, either online or in person, before supervising a | ||||||
25 | youth tackle football team player. | ||||||
26 | (7) Safety equipment shall be inspected before every |
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1 | full-contact practice or game to ensure that all youth | ||||||
2 | tackle football team players are properly equipped. | ||||||
3 | (8) Each youth tackle football team player shall | ||||||
4 | complete a minimum of 10 hours of noncontact practice at | ||||||
5 | the beginning of each season for the purpose of | ||||||
6 | conditioning, acclimating to safety equipment, and | ||||||
7 | progressing to the introduction of full-contact practice. | ||||||
8 | During noncontact practice, a youth tackle football player | ||||||
9 | shall not wear any pads and shall only wear a helmet if | ||||||
10 | required to do so by the player's coach. | ||||||
11 | (c) A youth sports league shall comply with all of the | ||||||
12 | following requirements: | ||||||
13 | (1) Offer concussion and head injury education, or | ||||||
14 | related educational materials, to each coach and | ||||||
15 | administrator of a youth tackle football team. | ||||||
16 | (2) Annually provide a declaration to its youth tackle | ||||||
17 | football teams stating that the youth sports league is in | ||||||
18 | compliance with this Section, and shall either post the | ||||||
19 | declaration on its website or provide the declaration to | ||||||
20 | all of its youth tackle football team players.
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
22 | 1, 2021.".
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