Bill Text: TX SB379 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to information for prevention of sudden cardiac arrest affecting public school students participating in interscholastic athletics.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-13 - Referred to Education [SB379 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB379-Introduced.html
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| By: Deuell | S.B. No. 379 | |
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| relating to information for prevention of sudden cardiac arrest | ||
| affecting public school students participating in interscholastic | ||
| athletics. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.0182 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.0182. INFORMATION FOR PREVENTION OF SUDDEN CARDIAC | ||
| ARREST AFFECTING STUDENT ATHLETES. (a) In this section, "parent" | ||
| includes a guardian or other person with legal authority to make | ||
| medical decisions for a student. | ||
| (b) This section applies to an interscholastic athletic | ||
| activity, including practice and competition, sponsored or | ||
| sanctioned by: | ||
| (1) a school district, including a home-rule school | ||
| district, or a public school, including any school for which a | ||
| charter has been granted under Chapter 12; or | ||
| (2) the University Interscholastic League. | ||
| (c) The agency and the Department of State Health Services | ||
| jointly shall develop guidelines and other relevant materials, in | ||
| accordance with this section, to educate students, parents, and | ||
| coaches, including assistant coaches, regarding sudden cardiac | ||
| arrest, including: | ||
| (1) warning signs and symptoms, including: | ||
| (A) fainting; | ||
| (B) difficulty breathing; | ||
| (C) chest pains; | ||
| (D) dizziness; and | ||
| (E) abnormal racing heart rate; and | ||
| (2) risks associated with continuing athletic | ||
| activity after experiencing a warning sign or symptom of sudden | ||
| cardiac arrest. | ||
| (d) In developing the guidelines and other materials under | ||
| Subsection (c), the agency and the Department of State Health | ||
| Services may use existing materials developed by an organization | ||
| with recognized expertise regarding sudden cardiac arrest. | ||
| (e) The agency and the Department of State Health Services | ||
| each shall post on the applicable agency's Internet website the | ||
| guidelines and other materials developed under Subsection (c). | ||
| (f) A student may not participate in an interscholastic | ||
| athletic activity for a school year until both the student and the | ||
| student's parent have signed a form for that school year that | ||
| acknowledges receiving and reading written information that: | ||
| (1) explains sudden cardiac arrest warning signs and | ||
| symptoms; and | ||
| (2) is consistent with the information in the | ||
| materials developed under Subsection (c). | ||
| (g) The form required under Subsection (f) must be approved | ||
| by the University Interscholastic League. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 38.0182, Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies beginning with the 2013-2014 school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a 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, 2013. | ||
