Bill Text: MI HB4396 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; school districts; guidelines and information regarding management of concussions and head injury in youth sports; establish. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1290.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-09 - Printed Bill Filed 03/09/2011 [HB4396 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB4396-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4396
March 8, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Hooker, Yonker, Rendon, Opsommer, Heise, Byrum, Bumstead, Hughes, Outman and Agema and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1290.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1290. (1) The board of each school district or board of
directors of a public school academy that offers interscholastic or
other competitive athletic programs shall develop guidelines and
other pertinent information to inform and educate coaches, young
athletes, and parents or guardians about the nature and risk of
concussion and head injury, including the risks of continuing to
participate in an athletic activity after concussion or head
injury. A school district or public school academy shall
incorporate this information into a concussion and head injury
information fact sheet that may be used for the purposes of
subsection (2).
(2) Before allowing a pupil to participate in an
interscholastic or other competitive athletic activity, a school
district or public school academy shall provide the pupil and his
or her parent or legal guardian with a concussion and head injury
information fact sheet developed in accordance with subsection (1)
and shall require the pupil and his or her parent or legal guardian
to sign and return the fact sheet to the appropriate school
official.
(3) If a pupil of a school district or public school academy
suffers a concussion or head injury while engaged in an
interscholastic or other competitive athletic activity, the board
of the school district or board of directors of the public school
academy shall ensure all of the following:
(a) The pupil shall be removed from the activity at that time.
(b) The pupil shall not be allowed to return to the activity
until the pupil is evaluated by a licensed health care provider who
is trained in the evaluation and management of concussion and head
injury and receives written clearance from the health care provider
to return to the activity. The health care provider may be a
volunteer.
(4) As used in this section, "athletic activity" means a game,
meet, or other athletic competition or an associated practice or
tryout that is sponsored by the school district or public school
academy.
