Full Text of HB0200 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Protecting | 5 | | Our Student Athletes Act. | 6 | | Section 3. The Park District Code is amended by adding | 7 | | Section 8-24 as follows: | 8 | | (70 ILCS 1205/8-24 new) | 9 | | Sec. 8-24. Concussion and head injury educational | 10 | | materials. In addition to the other powers and authority now | 11 | | possessed by it, any park district is authorized and encouraged | 12 | | to make available to residents and users of park district | 13 | | facilities, including youth athletic programs, electronically | 14 | | or in written form, educational materials that describe the | 15 | | nature and risk of concussion and head injuries, including the | 16 | | advisability of removal of youth athletes that exhibit signs, | 17 | | symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion, such as a | 18 | | loss of consciousness, headache, dizziness, confusion, or | 19 | | balance problems, from a practice or game. These educational | 20 | | materials may include materials produced or distributed by the | 21 | | Illinois High School Association, those produced by the U.S. | 22 | | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or other comparable |
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| 1 | | materials. The intent of these materials is to assist in | 2 | | educating coaches, youth athletes, and parents and guardians of | 3 | | youth athletes about the nature and risks of head injuries. | 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | 5 | | 10-20.53 and 34-18.45 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.53 new) | 7 | | Sec. 10-20.53. Student athletes; concussions and head | 8 | | injuries. | 9 | | (a) The General Assembly recognizes all of the following: | 10 | | (1) Concussions are one of the most commonly reported | 11 | | injuries in children and adolescents who participate in | 12 | | sports and recreational activities. The Centers for | 13 | | Disease Control and Prevention estimates that as many as | 14 | | 3,900,000 sports-related and recreation-related | 15 | | concussions occur in the United States each year. A | 16 | | concussion is caused by a blow or motion to the head or | 17 | | body that causes the brain to move rapidly inside the | 18 | | skull. The risk of catastrophic injuries or death are | 19 | | significant when a concussion or head injury is not | 20 | | properly evaluated and managed. | 21 | | (2) Concussions are a type of brain injury that can | 22 | | range from mild to severe and can disrupt the way the brain | 23 | | normally works. Concussions can occur in any organized or | 24 | | unorganized sport or recreational activity and can result |
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| 1 | | from a fall or from players colliding with each other, the | 2 | | ground, or with obstacles. Concussions occur with or | 3 | | without loss of consciousness, but the vast majority of | 4 | | concussions occur without loss of consciousness. | 5 | | (3) Continuing to play with a concussion or symptoms of | 6 | | a head injury leaves a young athlete especially vulnerable | 7 | | to greater injury and even death. The General Assembly | 8 | | recognizes that, despite having generally recognized | 9 | | return-to-play standards for concussions and head | 10 | | injuries, some affected youth athletes are prematurely | 11 | | returned to play, resulting in actual or potential physical | 12 | | injury or death to youth athletes in this State. | 13 | | (b) Each school board shall adopt a policy regarding | 14 | | student athlete concussions and head injuries that is in | 15 | | compliance with the protocols, policies, and by-laws of the | 16 | | Illinois High School Association. Information on the school | 17 | | board's concussion and head injury policy must be a part of any | 18 | | agreement, contract, code, or other written instrument that a | 19 | | school district requires a student athlete and his or her | 20 | | parents or guardian to sign before participating in practice or | 21 | | interscholastic competition. | 22 | | (c) The Illinois High School Association shall make | 23 | | available to all school districts, including elementary school | 24 | | districts, education materials, such as visual presentations | 25 | | and other written materials, that describe the nature and risk | 26 | | of concussions and head injuries. Each school district shall |
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| 1 | | use education materials provided by the Illinois High School | 2 | | Association to educate coaches, student athletes, and parents | 3 | | and guardians of student athletes about the nature and risk of | 4 | | concussions and head injuries, including continuing play after | 5 | | a concussion or head injury. | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.45 new) | 7 | | Sec. 34-18.45. Student athletes; concussions and head | 8 | | injuries. | 9 | | (a) The General Assembly recognizes all of the following: | 10 | | (1) Concussions are one of the most commonly reported | 11 | | injuries in children and adolescents who participate in | 12 | | sports and recreational activities. The Centers for | 13 | | Disease Control and Prevention estimates that as many as | 14 | | 3,900,000 sports-related and recreation-related | 15 | | concussions occur in the United States each year. A | 16 | | concussion is caused by a blow or motion to the head or | 17 | | body that causes the brain to move rapidly inside the | 18 | | skull. The risk of catastrophic injuries or death are | 19 | | significant when a concussion or head injury is not | 20 | | properly evaluated and managed. | 21 | | (2) Concussions are a type of brain injury that can | 22 | | range from mild to severe and can disrupt the way the brain | 23 | | normally works. Concussions can occur in any organized or | 24 | | unorganized sport or recreational activity and can result | 25 | | from a fall or from players colliding with each other, the |
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| 1 | | ground, or with obstacles. Concussions occur with or | 2 | | without loss of consciousness, but the vast majority of | 3 | | concussions occur without loss of consciousness. | 4 | | (3) Continuing to play with a concussion or symptoms of | 5 | | a head injury leaves a young athlete especially vulnerable | 6 | | to greater injury and even death. The General Assembly | 7 | | recognizes that, despite having generally recognized | 8 | | return-to-play standards for concussions and head | 9 | | injuries, some affected youth athletes are prematurely | 10 | | returned to play, resulting in actual or potential physical | 11 | | injury or death to youth athletes in this State. | 12 | | (b) The board shall adopt a policy regarding student | 13 | | athlete concussions and head injuries that is in compliance | 14 | | with the protocols, policies, and by-laws of the Illinois High | 15 | | School Association. Information on the board's concussion and | 16 | | head injury policy must be a part of any agreement, contract, | 17 | | code, or other written instrument that the school district | 18 | | requires a student athlete and his or her parents or guardian | 19 | | to sign before participating in practice or interscholastic | 20 | | competition. | 21 | | (c) The Illinois High School Association shall make | 22 | | available to the school district education materials, such as | 23 | | visual presentations and other written materials, that | 24 | | describe the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries. | 25 | | The school district shall use education materials provided by | 26 | | the Illinois High School Association to educate coaches, |
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| 1 | | student athletes, and parents and guardians of student athletes | 2 | | about the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries, | 3 | | including continuing play after a concussion or head injury.
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 5 | | 2011. |
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