Bill Text: TX SB2095 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to regulation of steroid use by students participating in athletic competitions sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Left pending in committee [SB2095 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2095-Engrossed.html
| By: Hall, Bettencourt | S.B. No. 2095 | |
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| relating to regulation of steroid use by students participating in | ||
| athletic competitions sponsored or sanctioned by the University | ||
| Interscholastic League. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 33.091, Education Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.091. REGULATION [ |
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| USE; RANDOM TESTING. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 33.091, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsections (i), (j), (k), and | ||
| (l) to read as follows: | ||
| (h) Except as provided by Subsection (i), Subsection (b)(1) | ||
| does not apply to the use by a student of a steroid that is | ||
| dispensed, prescribed, delivered, and administered by a medical | ||
| practitioner for a valid medical purpose and in the course of | ||
| professional practice, and a student is not subject to a period of | ||
| ineligibility under Subsection (d)(6) on the basis of that steroid | ||
| use. A student to whom this subsection applies must, at a time | ||
| determined by the league, notify the league of the steroid use using | ||
| a form approved by the league. The form must include consent to: | ||
| (1) the release to the league of the student's | ||
| health-related information relevant to the student's steroid use; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) communication between the league and the student's | ||
| health care practitioners regarding the student's steroid use. | ||
| (i) The league may declare a student ineligible for | ||
| competition on the basis of steroid use described by Subsection (h) | ||
| if the league determines that the safety of competing students or | ||
| the fairness of a particular competition has been or will be | ||
| substantially affected by the student's steroid use. | ||
| (j) The league may adopt rules regarding the use of steroids | ||
| by students participating in an athletic competition sponsored or | ||
| sanctioned by the league, including rules providing for sanctions | ||
| and loss of eligibility for violation of league rules. The rules | ||
| must provide a process for the league to determine that a student is | ||
| in violation of this section or league rules. | ||
| (k) A league hearing regarding a student's use of steroids | ||
| shall be conducted in a closed session. | ||
| (l) The following information is confidential and not | ||
| subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code: | ||
| (1) health-related information obtained by the league | ||
| under Subsection (h); and | ||
| (2) information in a record arising from the league's | ||
| evaluation of a student's steroid use described by Subsection (h) | ||
| that could identify the student. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| the vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
