Bill Text: CA AB1639 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Pupil health: The Eric Paredes Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 792, Statutes of 2016. [AB1639 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1639-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1639	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 9, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Maienschein
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bonilla, Brough, and Dodd)
   (Coauthor: Senator Bates)

                        JANUARY 7, 2016

   An act to add Article 14 (commencing with Section 33480) to
Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
relating to pupil safety.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1639, as amended, Maienschein. Pupil health: Sudden Cardiac
Arrest Prevention Act.
   Existing law requires a school district, charter school, or
private school that elects to offer an athletic program to comply
with certain requirements relating to pupil safety, including, among
other things, removing an athlete who is suspected of sustaining a
concussion or head injury from an athletic activity.
   This bill would create the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act
and would require the State Department of Education to post on its
Internet Web site guidelines, videos, and an information sheet on
sudden cardiac arrest symptoms and warning signs, and other relevant
materials relating to sudden cardiac arrest. The bill would require a
pupil in any public school, including a charter school, or private
school that elects to conduct athletic activities, and the pupil's
parent or guardian, to sign and return an acknowledgment of receipt
of an information sheet on sudden cardiac arrest symptoms and warning
signs each school year before the pupil participates in an athletic
activity, as specified. The bill would require an athletic director,
coach, or athletic trainer to remove from participation a pupil who
passes out or faints while participating in or immediately following
an athletic activity, and would require a coach of an athletic
activity to complete a sudden cardiac arrest training course every
other school year. The bill would impose penalties, on and after July
1, 2019, for a violation of the provision requiring a coach to
complete a sudden cardiac arrest training course, as specified. The
bill would make the act's provisions operative on July 1, 2017.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Article 14 (commencing with Section 33480) is added to
Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 14.  Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act


   33480.  This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Sudden
Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act.
   33481.  For purposes of this article, the following definitions
apply:
   (a) "Athletic activity" includes all of the following:
   (1) Interscholastic athletics.
   (2) An athletic contest or competition, other than interscholastic
athletics, that is sponsored by a school, including cheerleading and
club-sponsored sports activities.
   (3) Noncompetitive cheerleading that is sponsored by a school.
   (4) Practices, interscholastic practices, and scrimmages for all
of the activities listed under paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive.
   (b) "School" means a public school, including a charter school, or
private school that elects to conduct athletic activities.
   33482.  (a) The department shall post on its Internet Web site
guidelines, videos, and an information sheet on sudden cardiac arrest
symptoms and warning signs, and other relevant materials to inform
and educate pupils and parents, and to train coaches about the nature
and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest, including the risks
associated with continuing to play or practice after experiencing
fainting or seizures during exercise, unexplained shortness of
breath, chest pains, dizziness, racing heart rate, or extreme
fatigue.
   (b) Materials posted by the department on its Internet Web site
may include, but are not necessarily limited to, those developed or
used for sudden cardiac arrest education and coaches training by the
National Federation of High School Associations, the Eric Paredes
Save A Life Foundation, or the California Interscholastic Federation.

   (c) School districts and schools are encouraged to post on their
Internet Web sites the information and material required to be posted
by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) to give pupils,
parents, and coaches ready access to the information.
   33483.  Each school year, before a pupil participates in an
athletic activity governed by the California Interscholastic
Federation, the school shall collect and retain a copy of the sudden
cardiac arrest information sheet required by the California
Interscholastic Federation for that pupil. Before a pupil
participates in an athletic activity not governed by the California
Interscholastic Federation, the pupil and the pupil's parent or
guardian shall sign and return to the pupil's school an
acknowledgment of receipt and review of the information sheet posted
on the department's Internet Web site pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 33482.
   33484.  A school may hold an informational meeting before the
start of each athletic season for all ages of competitors regarding
the symptoms and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest. In addition
to pupils, parents, coaches, and other school officials,
informational meetings may include physicians, pediatric
cardiologists, and athletic trainers.
   33485.  (a) A pupil who passes out or faints while participating
in or immediately following an athletic activity, or who is known to
have passed out or fainted while participating in or immediately
following an athletic activity, shall be removed from participation
at that time by the athletic director, coach, or athletic trainer.
   (b) A pupil who exhibits any of the other symptoms of sudden
cardiac arrest, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 33482,
during an athletic activity, may be removed from participation by an
athletic trainer, if the athletic trainer reasonably believes that
the symptoms are cardiac related. In the absence of an athletic
trainer, any coach who observes any of the symptoms of sudden cardiac
arrest shall notify the parent or guardian of the pupil so that the
parent or guardian can determine what treatment, if any, the pupil
should seek.
   (c) A pupil who is removed from play under this section shall not
be permitted to return to participate in an athletic activity until
the pupil is evaluated and cleared to return to participate in
writing by a  licensed health care provider.  
physician and surgeon, or a nurse practitioner or physician assistant
practicing in accordance with standardized procedures or protocols
developed by the supervising physician and surgeon and the nurse
practit   ioner or physician assistant, as applicable. 

   (d) This section does not apply to a pupil engaging in an athletic
activity during the regular schoolday or as part of a physical
education course required pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section
51220 unless it constitutes a practice, interscholastic practice, or
scrimmage pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section
33481.
   33486.  (a) A coach of an athletic activity shall complete the
sudden cardiac arrest training course specified in Section 33482 and
shall retake the training course every two years thereafter.
   (b) A coach of an athletic activity shall not be eligible to coach
an athletic activity until the coach completes the training course
required under subdivision (a).
   33487.   (a)    On and after
July 1, 2019, a coach who violates Section 33486 shall be subject to
suspension from coaching any athletic activity until completion of
the required training. 
   (b) A coach shall not be exposed to civil liability for his or her
action or inaction under this article unless the coach is found to
have acted in a grossly negligent or reckless manner. 
   33488.  The sponsors of youth athletic activities are encouraged
to follow the guidelines specified in this article.
   33489.  This article is operative on July 1, 2017.
                                           
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