Full Text of SB0150 97th General Assembly
SB0150sam002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Kwame Raoul Filed: 4/11/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 150
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 150 by replacing | 3 | | the title with the following:
| 4 | | "AN ACT concerning education, which may be referred to as | 5 | | the Protecting Our Student Athletes Act."; and | 6 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 7 | | following: | 8 | | "Section 3. The Park District Code is amended by adding | 9 | | Section 8-24 as follows: | 10 | | (70 ILCS 1205/8-24 new) | 11 | | Sec. 8-24. Concussion and head injury educational | 12 | | materials. In addition to the other powers and authority now | 13 | | possessed by it, any park district is authorized and encouraged | 14 | | to make available to residents and users of park district |
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| 1 | | facilities, including youth athletic programs, electronically | 2 | | or in written form, educational materials that describe the | 3 | | nature and risk of concussion and head injuries, including the | 4 | | advisability of removal of youth athletes that exhibit signs, | 5 | | symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion, such as a | 6 | | loss of consciousness, headache, dizziness, confusion, or | 7 | | balance problems, from a practice or game. These educational | 8 | | materials may include materials produced or distributed by the | 9 | | Illinois High School Association, those produced by the U.S. | 10 | | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or other comparable | 11 | | materials. The intent of these materials is to assist in | 12 | | educating coaches, youth athletes, and parents and guardians of | 13 | | youth athletes about the nature and risks of head injuries. | 14 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | 15 | | 10-20.53 and 34-18.45 as follows: | 16 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.53 new) | 17 | | Sec. 10-20.53. Student athletes; concussions and head | 18 | | 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 |
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| 1 | | concussions occur in the United States each year. A | 2 | | concussion is caused by a blow or motion to the head or | 3 | | body that causes the brain to move rapidly inside the | 4 | | skull. The risk of catastrophic injuries or death are | 5 | | significant when a concussion or head injury is not | 6 | | properly evaluated and managed. | 7 | | (2) Concussions are a type of brain injury that can | 8 | | range from mild to severe and can disrupt the way the brain | 9 | | normally works. Concussions can occur in any organized or | 10 | | unorganized sport or recreational activity and can result | 11 | | from a fall or from players colliding with each other, the | 12 | | ground, or with obstacles. Concussions occur with or | 13 | | without loss of consciousness, but the vast majority of | 14 | | concussions occur without loss of consciousness. | 15 | | (3) Continuing to play with a concussion or symptoms of | 16 | | a head injury leaves a young athlete especially vulnerable | 17 | | to greater injury and even death. The General Assembly | 18 | | recognizes that, despite having generally recognized | 19 | | return-to-play standards for concussions and head | 20 | | injuries, some affected youth athletes are prematurely | 21 | | returned to play, resulting in actual or potential physical | 22 | | injury or death to youth athletes in this State. | 23 | | (b) Each school board shall adopt a policy regarding | 24 | | student athlete concussions and head injuries that is in | 25 | | compliance with the protocols, policies, and by-laws of the | 26 | | Illinois High School Association. Information on the school |
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| 1 | | board's concussion and head injury policy must be a part of any | 2 | | agreement, contract, code, or other written instrument that a | 3 | | school district requires a student athlete and his or her | 4 | | parents or guardian to sign before participating in practice or | 5 | | interscholastic competition. | 6 | | (c) The Illinois High School Association shall make | 7 | | available to all school districts, including elementary school | 8 | | districts, education materials, such as visual presentations | 9 | | and other written materials, that describe the nature and risk | 10 | | of concussions and head injuries. Each school district shall | 11 | | use education materials provided by the Illinois High School | 12 | | Association to educate coaches, student athletes, and parents | 13 | | and guardians of student athletes about the nature and risk of | 14 | | concussions and head injuries, including continuing play after | 15 | | a concussion or head injury. | 16 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.45 new) | 17 | | Sec. 34-18.45. Student athletes; concussions and head | 18 | | 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. Information on the board's concussion and | 26 | | head injury policy must be a part of any agreement, contract, |
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| 1 | | code, or other written instrument that the school district | 2 | | requires a student athlete and his or her parents or guardian | 3 | | to sign before participating in practice or interscholastic | 4 | | competition. | 5 | | (c) The Illinois High School Association shall make | 6 | | available to the school district education materials, such as | 7 | | visual presentations and other written materials, that | 8 | | describe the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries. | 9 | | The school district shall use education materials provided by | 10 | | the Illinois High School Association to educate coaches, | 11 | | student athletes, and parents and guardians of student athletes | 12 | | about the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries, | 13 | | including continuing play after a concussion or head injury.
| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 15 | | 2011.".
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