Bill Text: MN HF905 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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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-Engrossed.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-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to health; establishing policies for youth athletes with concussions
1.3resulting from participation in youth athletic activities;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2010, section 128C.02, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for
1.5new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [121A.045] YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS.
1.8(a) Consistent with section 121A.323, any city, business, or nonprofit organization
1.9that organizes a youth athletic activity for which a fee is charged shall:
1.10(1) make information accessible to all participating coaches, officials, and the youth
1.11athletes and their parents or guardians about the nature and risks of concussions, including
1.12the effects and risks of continuing to play after receiving a concussion, and the protocols
1.13and content, consistent with current medical knowledge from the Centers for Disease
1.14Control and Prevention, related to:
1.15(i) the nature and risks of concussions associated with athletic activity;
1.16(ii) the signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion when a youth
1.17athlete is suspected or observed to have received a concussion;
1.18(iii) the need to alert appropriate medical professionals for urgent diagnosis and
1.19treatment; and
1.20(iv) the need for a youth athlete who sustains a concussion to follow proper medical
1.21direction and protocols for treatment and returning to play;
1.22(2) require all participating coaches and officials to receive annual online training,
1.23consistent with clause (1) and the Concussion in Youth Sports training program available
1.24on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site; and
2.1(3) before a youth athlete participates in a youth athletic activity, require the youth
2.2athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian to sign and submit to a coach or other official
2.3a concussion information form indicating that the youth athlete received information
2.4about concussions.
2.5(b) A coach or official shall remove a youth athlete from participating in any youth
2.6athletic activity when the youth athlete:
2.7(1) exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion; or
2.8(2) is suspected of sustaining a concussion.
2.9(c) When a coach or official removes a youth athlete from participating in a youth
2.10athletic activity because of a concussion, the youth athlete may not return to participating
2.11in the activity until the youth athlete:
2.12(1) no longer exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion;
2.13and
2.14(2) is evaluated by a provider trained and experienced in evaluating and managing
2.15concussions and the provider gives the youth athlete written permission to return to
2.16participating in the activity; and
2.17(3) if needed, the provider develops a plan to aid the youth athlete in recovering and
2.18resuming participation in youth athletic activities and academics that:
2.19(i) is coordinated, as appropriate, with periods of cognitive and physical rest while
2.20symptoms persist; and
2.21(ii) reintroduces cognitive and physical demands on the youth athlete on a
2.22progressive basis only as increases in exertion do not cause symptoms to reemerge or
2.23worsen.
2.24(d) Failing to remove a youth athlete from an activity as required under this section
2.25does not violate section 604A.11, subdivision 2, clause (6).
2.26(e) This section does not create any additional liability for, or create any new cause
2.27of legal action against, a school, school district, city, business, or nonprofit organization
2.28or any officer or employee of a school, school district, city, business, or nonprofit
2.29organization.
2.30EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective beginning September 1, 2011.
2.31 Sec. 2. [121A.323] CONCUSSION PROCEDURES.
2.32 Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section and section 121A.045,
2.33the following terms have the meanings given them.
2.34 (b) "Concussion" means a complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain,
2.35induced by traumatic biokinetic forces caused by a direct blow to either the head, face, or
3.1neck, or elsewhere on the body with an impulsive force transmitted to the head that may
3.2involve the rapid onset of short-lived impairment of neurological function and clinical
3.3symptoms, loss of consciousness, or prolonged postconcussive symptoms.
3.4(c) "Provider" means a health care provider who is:
3.5(1) registered, licensed, certified, or otherwise statutorily authorized by the state to
3.6provide medical treatment; and
3.7(2) trained and experienced in evaluating and managing pediatric concussions.
3.8(d) "Youth athlete" means a young person through age 18 who actively participates
3.9in an athletic activity, including a sport.
3.10(e) "Youth athletic activity" means any athletic activity related to competition,
3.11practice, or training exercises.
3.12 Subd. 2. School-sponsored sports. (a) The appropriate sports governing body,
3.13including the high school league under chapter 128C, among other governing bodies,
3.14shall work with the department to make information accessible to public and nonpublic
3.15school coaches, officials, and youth athletes and their parents or guardians about the
3.16nature and risks of concussions, including the effects of continuing to play after receiving
3.17a concussion. The information shall include protocols and content, consistent with current
3.18medical knowledge from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, related to:
3.19(1) the nature and risks of concussions associated with athletic activity;
3.20(2) the signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion;
3.21(3) the need to alert appropriate medical professionals for urgent diagnosis and
3.22treatment when a youth athlete is suspected or observed to have received a concussion; and
3.23(4) the need for a youth athlete who sustains a concussion to follow proper medical
3.24direction and protocols for treatment and returning to play.
3.25(b) Consistent with paragraph (a), the appropriate sports governing body and the
3.26department shall provide access to the Concussion in Youth Sports training program
3.27available on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. Each school
3.28coach and official involved in youth athletic activities must complete the online training
3.29program at least annually.
3.30(c) Before a youth athlete may participate in a youth athletic activity in a school year,
3.31the youth athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian must sign and submit to a designated
3.32official a concussion information form developed by the department indicating that the
3.33youth athlete has received information about concussions, consistent with this subdivision.
3.34(d) A coach or official shall remove a youth athlete from participating in any youth
3.35athletic activity when the youth athlete:
3.36(1) exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion; or
4.1(2) is suspected of sustaining a concussion.
4.2(e) When a coach or official removes a youth athlete from participating in a youth
4.3athletic activity because of a concussion, the youth athlete may not return to the activity
4.4until the youth athlete:
4.5(1) no longer exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion;
4.6and
4.7(2) is evaluated by a provider trained and experienced in evaluating and managing
4.8concussions and the provider gives the youth athlete written permission to return to
4.9play; and
4.10(3) if needed, the provider develops a plan to aid the youth athlete in recovering and
4.11resuming participation in youth athletic activities and academics that:
4.12(i) is coordinated, as appropriate, with periods of cognitive and physical rest while
4.13symptoms persist; and
4.14(ii) reintroduces cognitive and physical demands on the youth athlete on a
4.15progressive basis only as increases in exertion do not cause symptoms to reemerge or
4.16worsen.
4.17(f) Failing to remove a youth athlete from an activity as required under this section
4.18does not violate section 604A.11, subdivision 2, clause (6).
4.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2011-2012 school year and
4.20later.
4.21 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 128C.02, is amended by adding a subdivision
4.22to read:
4.23 Subd. 3b. Concussion awareness, safety, and protection. The league shall adopt a
4.24policy for making accessible to member high schools information about the nature and
4.25risks of concussions to youth athletes, consistent with current medical knowledge from the
4.26Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and section 121A.323.
4.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2011-2012 school year and
4.28later.
1.3resulting from participation in youth athletic activities;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2010, section 128C.02, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for
1.5new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [121A.045] YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS.
1.8(a) Consistent with section 121A.323, any city, business, or nonprofit organization
1.9that organizes a youth athletic activity for which a fee is charged shall:
1.10(1) make information accessible to all participating coaches, officials, and the youth
1.11athletes and their parents or guardians about the nature and risks of concussions, including
1.12the effects and risks of continuing to play after receiving a concussion, and the protocols
1.13and content, consistent with current medical knowledge from the Centers for Disease
1.14Control and Prevention, related to:
1.15(i) the nature and risks of concussions associated with athletic activity;
1.16(ii) the signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion when a youth
1.17athlete is suspected or observed to have received a concussion;
1.18(iii) the need to alert appropriate medical professionals for urgent diagnosis and
1.19treatment; and
1.20(iv) the need for a youth athlete who sustains a concussion to follow proper medical
1.21direction and protocols for treatment and returning to play;
1.22(2) require all participating coaches and officials to receive annual online training,
1.23consistent with clause (1) and the Concussion in Youth Sports training program available
1.24on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site; and
2.1(3) before a youth athlete participates in a youth athletic activity, require the youth
2.2athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian to sign and submit to a coach or other official
2.3a concussion information form indicating that the youth athlete received information
2.4about concussions.
2.5(b) A coach or official shall remove a youth athlete from participating in any youth
2.6athletic activity when the youth athlete:
2.7(1) exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion; or
2.8(2) is suspected of sustaining a concussion.
2.9(c) When a coach or official removes a youth athlete from participating in a youth
2.10athletic activity because of a concussion, the youth athlete may not return to participating
2.11in the activity until the youth athlete:
2.12(1) no longer exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion;
2.13and
2.14(2) is evaluated by a provider trained and experienced in evaluating and managing
2.15concussions and the provider gives the youth athlete written permission to return to
2.16participating in the activity; and
2.17(3) if needed, the provider develops a plan to aid the youth athlete in recovering and
2.18resuming participation in youth athletic activities and academics that:
2.19(i) is coordinated, as appropriate, with periods of cognitive and physical rest while
2.20symptoms persist; and
2.21(ii) reintroduces cognitive and physical demands on the youth athlete on a
2.22progressive basis only as increases in exertion do not cause symptoms to reemerge or
2.23worsen.
2.24(d) Failing to remove a youth athlete from an activity as required under this section
2.25does not violate section 604A.11, subdivision 2, clause (6).
2.26(e) This section does not create any additional liability for, or create any new cause
2.27of legal action against, a school, school district, city, business, or nonprofit organization
2.28or any officer or employee of a school, school district, city, business, or nonprofit
2.29organization.
2.30EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective beginning September 1, 2011.
2.31 Sec. 2. [121A.323] CONCUSSION PROCEDURES.
2.32 Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section and section 121A.045,
2.33the following terms have the meanings given them.
2.34 (b) "Concussion" means a complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain,
2.35induced by traumatic biokinetic forces caused by a direct blow to either the head, face, or
3.1neck, or elsewhere on the body with an impulsive force transmitted to the head that may
3.2involve the rapid onset of short-lived impairment of neurological function and clinical
3.3symptoms, loss of consciousness, or prolonged postconcussive symptoms.
3.4(c) "Provider" means a health care provider who is:
3.5(1) registered, licensed, certified, or otherwise statutorily authorized by the state to
3.6provide medical treatment; and
3.7(2) trained and experienced in evaluating and managing pediatric concussions.
3.8(d) "Youth athlete" means a young person through age 18 who actively participates
3.9in an athletic activity, including a sport.
3.10(e) "Youth athletic activity" means any athletic activity related to competition,
3.11practice, or training exercises.
3.12 Subd. 2. School-sponsored sports. (a) The appropriate sports governing body,
3.13including the high school league under chapter 128C, among other governing bodies,
3.14shall work with the department to make information accessible to public and nonpublic
3.15school coaches, officials, and youth athletes and their parents or guardians about the
3.16nature and risks of concussions, including the effects of continuing to play after receiving
3.17a concussion. The information shall include protocols and content, consistent with current
3.18medical knowledge from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, related to:
3.19(1) the nature and risks of concussions associated with athletic activity;
3.20(2) the signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion;
3.21(3) the need to alert appropriate medical professionals for urgent diagnosis and
3.22treatment when a youth athlete is suspected or observed to have received a concussion; and
3.23(4) the need for a youth athlete who sustains a concussion to follow proper medical
3.24direction and protocols for treatment and returning to play.
3.25(b) Consistent with paragraph (a), the appropriate sports governing body and the
3.26department shall provide access to the Concussion in Youth Sports training program
3.27available on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. Each school
3.28coach and official involved in youth athletic activities must complete the online training
3.29program at least annually.
3.30(c) Before a youth athlete may participate in a youth athletic activity in a school year,
3.31the youth athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian must sign and submit to a designated
3.32official a concussion information form developed by the department indicating that the
3.33youth athlete has received information about concussions, consistent with this subdivision.
3.34(d) A coach or official shall remove a youth athlete from participating in any youth
3.35athletic activity when the youth athlete:
3.36(1) exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion; or
4.1(2) is suspected of sustaining a concussion.
4.2(e) When a coach or official removes a youth athlete from participating in a youth
4.3athletic activity because of a concussion, the youth athlete may not return to the activity
4.4until the youth athlete:
4.5(1) no longer exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion;
4.6and
4.7(2) is evaluated by a provider trained and experienced in evaluating and managing
4.8concussions and the provider gives the youth athlete written permission to return to
4.9play; and
4.10(3) if needed, the provider develops a plan to aid the youth athlete in recovering and
4.11resuming participation in youth athletic activities and academics that:
4.12(i) is coordinated, as appropriate, with periods of cognitive and physical rest while
4.13symptoms persist; and
4.14(ii) reintroduces cognitive and physical demands on the youth athlete on a
4.15progressive basis only as increases in exertion do not cause symptoms to reemerge or
4.16worsen.
4.17(f) Failing to remove a youth athlete from an activity as required under this section
4.18does not violate section 604A.11, subdivision 2, clause (6).
4.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2011-2012 school year and
4.20later.
4.21 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 128C.02, is amended by adding a subdivision
4.22to read:
4.23 Subd. 3b. Concussion awareness, safety, and protection. The league shall adopt a
4.24policy for making accessible to member high schools information about the nature and
4.25risks of concussions to youth athletes, consistent with current medical knowledge from the
4.26Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and section 121A.323.
4.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2011-2012 school year and
4.28later.
