Full Text of SB3410 097th 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 5. The School Code is amended by renumbering and | 5 | | changing Sections 10-20.53 and 34-18.45 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.54) | 7 | | Sec. 10-20.54 10-20.53 . Student athletes; concussions and | 8 | | head 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 |
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| 1 | | unorganized sport or recreational activity and can result | 2 | | from a fall or from players colliding with each other, the | 3 | | ground, or with obstacles. Concussions occur with or | 4 | | without loss of consciousness, but the vast majority of | 5 | | concussions occur without loss of consciousness. | 6 | | (3) Continuing to play with a concussion or symptoms of | 7 | | a head injury leaves a young athlete especially vulnerable | 8 | | to greater injury and even death. The General Assembly | 9 | | recognizes that, despite having generally recognized | 10 | | return-to-play standards for concussions and head | 11 | | injuries, some affected youth athletes are prematurely | 12 | | returned to play, resulting in actual or potential physical | 13 | | injury or death to youth athletes in this State. | 14 | | (b) Each school board shall adopt a policy regarding | 15 | | student athlete concussions and head injuries that is in | 16 | | compliance with the protocols, policies, and by-laws of the | 17 | | Illinois High School Association , which state that any athlete | 18 | | who exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a | 19 | | concussion shall be immediately removed from the contest and | 20 | | shall not return to play until cleared by a physician licensed | 21 | | to practice medicine in all its branches in this State or a | 22 | | certified athletic trainer working in conjunction with a | 23 | | physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in | 24 | | this State . | 25 | | Information on the school board's concussion and head | 26 | | injury policy must be a part of any agreement, contract, code, |
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| 1 | | or other written instrument that a school district requires a | 2 | | student athlete and his or her parents or guardian to sign | 3 | | before participating in practice or interscholastic | 4 | | competition. | 5 | | (c) The Illinois High School Association shall make | 6 | | available to all school districts, including elementary school | 7 | | districts, education materials, such as visual presentations | 8 | | and other written materials, that describe the nature and risk | 9 | | of concussions and head injuries. Each school district shall | 10 | | use education materials provided by the Illinois High School | 11 | | Association to educate coaches, student athletes, and parents | 12 | | and guardians of student athletes about the nature and risk of | 13 | | concussions and head injuries, including continuing play after | 14 | | a concussion or head injury.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 97-204, eff. 7-28-11; revised 10-7-11.) | 16 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.46) | 17 | | Sec. 34-18.46 34-18.45 . Student athletes; concussions and | 18 | | head injuries. | 19 | | (a) The General Assembly recognizes all of the following: | 20 | | (1) Concussions are one of the most commonly reported | 21 | | injuries in children and adolescents who participate in | 22 | | sports and recreational activities. The Centers for | 23 | | Disease Control and Prevention estimates that as many as | 24 | | 3,900,000 sports-related and recreation-related | 25 | | concussions occur in the United States each year. A |
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| 1 | | concussion is caused by a blow or motion to the head or | 2 | | body that causes the brain to move rapidly inside the | 3 | | skull. The risk of catastrophic injuries or death are | 4 | | significant when a concussion or head injury is not | 5 | | properly evaluated and managed. | 6 | | (2) Concussions are a type of brain injury that can | 7 | | range from mild to severe and can disrupt the way the brain | 8 | | normally works. Concussions can occur in any organized or | 9 | | unorganized sport or recreational activity and can result | 10 | | from a fall or from players colliding with each other, the | 11 | | ground, or with obstacles. Concussions occur with or | 12 | | without loss of consciousness, but the vast majority of | 13 | | concussions occur without loss of consciousness. | 14 | | (3) Continuing to play with a concussion or symptoms of | 15 | | a head injury leaves a young athlete especially vulnerable | 16 | | to greater injury and even death. The General Assembly | 17 | | recognizes that, despite having generally recognized | 18 | | return-to-play standards for concussions and head | 19 | | injuries, some affected youth athletes are prematurely | 20 | | returned to play, resulting in actual or potential physical | 21 | | injury or death to youth athletes in this State. | 22 | | (b) The board shall adopt a policy regarding student | 23 | | athlete concussions and head injuries that is in compliance | 24 | | with the protocols, policies, and by-laws of the Illinois High | 25 | | School Association , which state that any athlete who exhibits | 26 | | signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion |
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| 1 | | shall be immediately removed from the contest and shall not | 2 | | return to play until cleared by a physician licensed to | 3 | | practice medicine in all its branches in this State or a | 4 | | certified athletic trainer working in conjunction with a | 5 | | physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in | 6 | | this State . | 7 | | Information on the board's concussion and head injury | 8 | | policy must be a part of any agreement, contract, code, or | 9 | | other written instrument that the school district requires a | 10 | | student athlete and his or her parents or guardian to sign | 11 | | before participating in practice or interscholastic | 12 | | competition. | 13 | | (c) The Illinois High School Association shall make | 14 | | available to the school district education materials, such as | 15 | | visual presentations and other written materials, that | 16 | | describe the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries. | 17 | | The school district shall use education materials provided by | 18 | | the Illinois High School Association to educate coaches, | 19 | | student athletes, and parents and guardians of student athletes | 20 | | about the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries, | 21 | | including continuing play after a concussion or head injury.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 97-204, eff. 7-28-11; revised 10-7-11.)
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