Bill Text: MN HF905 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Youth athletes with concussions resulting from participation in youth athletic activities policies established.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-21 - HF indefinitely postponed [HF905 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF905-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Youth athletes with concussions resulting from participation in youth athletic activities policies established.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-21 - HF indefinitely postponed [HF905 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF905-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health; establishing policies for youth athletes with concussions
1.3resulting from participation in youth athletic activities;proposing coding for new
1.4law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [123B.495] CONCUSSION PROCEDURES.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the
1.8meanings given.
1.9 (a) "Concussion" means a complex patho-physiological process affecting the brain,
1.10induced by traumatic biokinetic forces caused either by a direct blow to the head, face,
1.11or neck or elsewhere on the body with an impulsive force transmitted to the head.
1.12Concussion typically results in the rapid onset of short-lived impairment of neurological
1.13function and clinical symptoms that may or may not involve loss of consciousness,
1.14although postconcussive symptoms may be prolonged.
1.15(b) "Licensed health care provider" means a qualified individual who is:
1.16(1) registered, licensed, certified, or otherwise statutorily recognized by the state of
1.17Minnesota to provide medical treatment; and
1.18(2) trained and experienced in the evaluation and management of concussions
1.19among a pediatric population.
1.20(c) "Youth athlete" includes an individual who is:
1.21(1) 18 years of age or younger; and
1.22(2) an active participant in a sport.
1.23(d) "Youth athletic activity" includes any athletic activity related to competition,
1.24practice, or training exercises.
2.1 Subd. 2. School-sponsored sports. (a) The appropriate sports governing body shall
2.2work with the Department of Education to provide guidelines to inform public and private
2.3school coaches, officials, youth athletes, and parents or guardians of the nature and risk of
2.4concussion, including the effects of continuing to play after concussion. The guidelines
2.5and information shall include protocols and content consistent with current medical
2.6knowledge provided by the Center for Disease Control for informing each coach, official,
2.7youth athlete, and parent or guardian participating in youth athletic activities as to:
2.8(1) the nature and risk of concussions associated with athletic activity;
2.9(2) the signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion;
2.10(3) the need to alert appropriate medical professionals for urgent diagnosis and
2.11treatment when a youth athlete is suspected or observed to have received a concussion; and
2.12(4) the need to follow proper medical direction and protocols for treatment and
2.13returning to play after a youth athlete sustains a concussion.
2.14(b) The appropriate sports governing body and the Department of Education shall
2.15provide access to a training program consistent with paragraph (a). Each member school
2.16coach and official participating in youth athletic activities must complete the training
2.17program at least once each school year.
2.18(c) A concussion information form shall be signed and returned by each youth
2.19athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian to an official designated by the school prior to
2.20the youth athlete's participation in youth athletic activities for the subsequent school year.
2.21(d) A coach or official shall remove a youth athlete from participating in any youth
2.22athletic activity at the time the youth athlete:
2.23(1) exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion; or
2.24(2) is suspected of sustaining a concussion.
2.25(e) A youth athlete who has been removed from participation in a youth athletic
2.26activity because of a concussion may not return to youth athletic activities until the
2.27youth athlete:
2.28(1) no longer exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion;
2.29and
2.30(2) receives an evaluation by a licensed health care provider trained and experienced
2.31in the evaluation and management of concussions and receives written clearance to return
2.32to play from the health care provider stating that the youth athlete is capable of resuming
2.33participation in athletic activities; and
2.34(3) if the health care provider determines that a plan is necessary, has a plan
2.35developed by a licensed health care provider designed to aid the student in recovering and
2.36resuming participation in athletic activities and academics, in a manner that:
3.1(i) is coordinated, as appropriate, with periods of cognitive and physical rest while
3.2symptoms of a concussion persist; and
3.3(ii) reintroduces cognitive and physical demands on the student on a progressive
3.4basis only as increases in exertion do not cause the reemergence or worsening of
3.5symptoms of a concussion.
3.6 Subd. 3. Other youth sports programs. (a) Any city, business, or nonprofit
3.7organization that organizes a youth athletic activity and requires a fee to participate in
3.8the athletic activity or whose cost to participate in the athletic activity is sponsored by a
3.9business or nonprofit organization shall:
3.10(1) provide guidelines and information on concussions to all coaches, officials, youth
3.11athletes, and parents or guardians of each athlete that shall include protocols and content
3.12consistent with current medical knowledge for informing each coach, official, youth
3.13athlete, and parent or guardian participating in youth athletic activities as to:
3.14(i) the nature and risk of concussions associated with athletic activity;
3.15(ii) the signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion when a youth
3.16athlete is suspected or observed to have received a concussion;
3.17(iii) the need to alert appropriate medical professionals for urgent diagnosis and
3.18treatment; and
3.19(iv) the need to follow proper medical direction and protocols for treatment and
3.20return to play;
3.21(2) require that all coaches and officials receive annual training consistent with
3.22clause (1) to educate them about the nature and risk of concussion, including continuing
3.23to play after concussion;
3.24(3) require that a concussion information form be signed and returned by each youth
3.25athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian prior to the youth athlete's participation in
3.26youth athletic activities for the subsequent year.
3.27(b) A coach or official shall remove a youth athlete from participation in any youth
3.28athletic activity at the time the youth athlete:
3.29(1) exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion; or
3.30(2) is suspected of sustaining a concussion.
3.31(c) A youth athlete who has been removed from participation in a youth athletic
3.32activity may not return to youth athletic activities until the youth athlete:
3.33(1) no longer exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion;
3.34and
3.35(2) receives an evaluation by a licensed health care provider trained and experienced
3.36in the evaluation and management of concussions and receives written clearance to return
4.1to play from the health care provider stating that the youth athlete is capable of resuming
4.2participation in athletic activities; and
4.3(3) if the health care provider determines that a plan is necessary, has a plan
4.4developed by a licensed health care provider designed to aid the student in recovering and
4.5resuming participation in athletic activities and academics, in a manner that:
4.6(i) is coordinated, as appropriate, with periods of cognitive and physical rest while
4.7symptoms of a concussion persist; and
4.8(ii) reintroduces cognitive and physical demands on the student on a progressive
4.9basis only as increases in exertion do not cause the reemergence or worsening of
4.10symptoms of a concussion.
1.3resulting from participation in youth athletic activities;proposing coding for new
1.4law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [123B.495] CONCUSSION PROCEDURES.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the
1.8meanings given.
1.9 (a) "Concussion" means a complex patho-physiological process affecting the brain,
1.10induced by traumatic biokinetic forces caused either by a direct blow to the head, face,
1.11or neck or elsewhere on the body with an impulsive force transmitted to the head.
1.12Concussion typically results in the rapid onset of short-lived impairment of neurological
1.13function and clinical symptoms that may or may not involve loss of consciousness,
1.14although postconcussive symptoms may be prolonged.
1.15(b) "Licensed health care provider" means a qualified individual who is:
1.16(1) registered, licensed, certified, or otherwise statutorily recognized by the state of
1.17Minnesota to provide medical treatment; and
1.18(2) trained and experienced in the evaluation and management of concussions
1.19among a pediatric population.
1.20(c) "Youth athlete" includes an individual who is:
1.21(1) 18 years of age or younger; and
1.22(2) an active participant in a sport.
1.23(d) "Youth athletic activity" includes any athletic activity related to competition,
1.24practice, or training exercises.
2.1 Subd. 2. School-sponsored sports. (a) The appropriate sports governing body shall
2.2work with the Department of Education to provide guidelines to inform public and private
2.3school coaches, officials, youth athletes, and parents or guardians of the nature and risk of
2.4concussion, including the effects of continuing to play after concussion. The guidelines
2.5and information shall include protocols and content consistent with current medical
2.6knowledge provided by the Center for Disease Control for informing each coach, official,
2.7youth athlete, and parent or guardian participating in youth athletic activities as to:
2.8(1) the nature and risk of concussions associated with athletic activity;
2.9(2) the signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion;
2.10(3) the need to alert appropriate medical professionals for urgent diagnosis and
2.11treatment when a youth athlete is suspected or observed to have received a concussion; and
2.12(4) the need to follow proper medical direction and protocols for treatment and
2.13returning to play after a youth athlete sustains a concussion.
2.14(b) The appropriate sports governing body and the Department of Education shall
2.15provide access to a training program consistent with paragraph (a). Each member school
2.16coach and official participating in youth athletic activities must complete the training
2.17program at least once each school year.
2.18(c) A concussion information form shall be signed and returned by each youth
2.19athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian to an official designated by the school prior to
2.20the youth athlete's participation in youth athletic activities for the subsequent school year.
2.21(d) A coach or official shall remove a youth athlete from participating in any youth
2.22athletic activity at the time the youth athlete:
2.23(1) exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion; or
2.24(2) is suspected of sustaining a concussion.
2.25(e) A youth athlete who has been removed from participation in a youth athletic
2.26activity because of a concussion may not return to youth athletic activities until the
2.27youth athlete:
2.28(1) no longer exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion;
2.29and
2.30(2) receives an evaluation by a licensed health care provider trained and experienced
2.31in the evaluation and management of concussions and receives written clearance to return
2.32to play from the health care provider stating that the youth athlete is capable of resuming
2.33participation in athletic activities; and
2.34(3) if the health care provider determines that a plan is necessary, has a plan
2.35developed by a licensed health care provider designed to aid the student in recovering and
2.36resuming participation in athletic activities and academics, in a manner that:
3.1(i) is coordinated, as appropriate, with periods of cognitive and physical rest while
3.2symptoms of a concussion persist; and
3.3(ii) reintroduces cognitive and physical demands on the student on a progressive
3.4basis only as increases in exertion do not cause the reemergence or worsening of
3.5symptoms of a concussion.
3.6 Subd. 3. Other youth sports programs. (a) Any city, business, or nonprofit
3.7organization that organizes a youth athletic activity and requires a fee to participate in
3.8the athletic activity or whose cost to participate in the athletic activity is sponsored by a
3.9business or nonprofit organization shall:
3.10(1) provide guidelines and information on concussions to all coaches, officials, youth
3.11athletes, and parents or guardians of each athlete that shall include protocols and content
3.12consistent with current medical knowledge for informing each coach, official, youth
3.13athlete, and parent or guardian participating in youth athletic activities as to:
3.14(i) the nature and risk of concussions associated with athletic activity;
3.15(ii) the signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion when a youth
3.16athlete is suspected or observed to have received a concussion;
3.17(iii) the need to alert appropriate medical professionals for urgent diagnosis and
3.18treatment; and
3.19(iv) the need to follow proper medical direction and protocols for treatment and
3.20return to play;
3.21(2) require that all coaches and officials receive annual training consistent with
3.22clause (1) to educate them about the nature and risk of concussion, including continuing
3.23to play after concussion;
3.24(3) require that a concussion information form be signed and returned by each youth
3.25athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian prior to the youth athlete's participation in
3.26youth athletic activities for the subsequent year.
3.27(b) A coach or official shall remove a youth athlete from participation in any youth
3.28athletic activity at the time the youth athlete:
3.29(1) exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion; or
3.30(2) is suspected of sustaining a concussion.
3.31(c) A youth athlete who has been removed from participation in a youth athletic
3.32activity may not return to youth athletic activities until the youth athlete:
3.33(1) no longer exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion;
3.34and
3.35(2) receives an evaluation by a licensed health care provider trained and experienced
3.36in the evaluation and management of concussions and receives written clearance to return
4.1to play from the health care provider stating that the youth athlete is capable of resuming
4.2participation in athletic activities; and
4.3(3) if the health care provider determines that a plan is necessary, has a plan
4.4developed by a licensed health care provider designed to aid the student in recovering and
4.5resuming participation in athletic activities and academics, in a manner that:
4.6(i) is coordinated, as appropriate, with periods of cognitive and physical rest while
4.7symptoms of a concussion persist; and
4.8(ii) reintroduces cognitive and physical demands on the student on a progressive
4.9basis only as increases in exertion do not cause the reemergence or worsening of
4.10symptoms of a concussion.
