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Full Text of HB0021 96th General Assembly

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HB0021ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 3/4/2009

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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 21
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 21 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4     "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by adding Section 2310-640 as follows:

7     (20 ILCS 2310/2310-640 new)
8     Sec. 2310-640. Student athletes; EKG test required; pilot
9 program. The Department shall establish a 3-year pilot program
10 for City of Chicago School District 299 in which the Department
11 shall require an electrocardiogram (EKG) test as part of the
12 health examination that student athletes are required to
13 undergo.

14     Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section
15 34-18.37 as follows:

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1     (105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new)
2     Sec. 34-18.37. Student athletes; EKG required. The board
3 shall require students who participate in an interscholastic
4 athletic program to undergo an electrocardiogram (EKG) test.".

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