Senate Study Bill 3044 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON QUIRMBACH) A BILL FOR An Act relating to reporting of potential concussions or brain 1 injuries in certain extracurricular interscholastic athletic 2 contests. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5434XC (1) 86 je/rj

S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 280.13C, Code 2016, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 3A. a. The home team in an extracurricular 3 interscholastic contest in which high school athletic teams 4 participate in a collision sport shall ensure that an athletic 5 trainer licensed under chapter 152D is present and available to 6 assess athletic injuries at such contest. 7 b. The home team in an extracurricular interscholastic 8 contest in which high school athletic teams participate in a 9 contact sport is strongly encouraged to ensure that an athletic 10 trainer licensed under chapter 152D is present and available to 11 assess athletic injuries at such contest. 12 c. If an athlete who is a member of a visiting team in an 13 extracurricular interscholastic contest at which an athletic 14 trainer licensed under chapter 152D is present and available 15 to assess athletic injuries as provided in this section shows 16 signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion or 17 brain injury, the athletic trainer shall notify the visiting 18 team’s athletic director within forty-eight hours after the 19 contest occurs. 20 Sec. 2. Section 280.13C, subsection 4, Code 2016, is amended 21 by adding the following new paragraphs: 22 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0a. “Collision sport” means football, 23 soccer, wrestling, hockey, or lacrosse. 24 NEW PARAGRAPH . 00a. “Contact sport” means a sport that is 25 not a collision sport and that is defined as a contact sport by 26 the American academy of pediatrics. 27 Sec. 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 28 3, shall not apply to this Act. 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 This bill requires the home team in an extracurricular 33 interscholastic contest in which high school athletic teams 34 participate in a collision sport to ensure that an athletic 35 -1- LSB 5434XC (1) 86 je/rj 1/ 2

S.F. _____ trainer licensed under Code chapter 152D is present and 1 available to assess athletic injuries at such contest. The 2 bill strongly encourages the home team in an extracurricular 3 interscholastic contest in which high school athletic teams 4 participate in a contact sport to ensure that an athletic 5 trainer licensed under Code chapter 152D is present and 6 available to assess athletic injuries at such contest. 7 The bill requires an athletic trainer who is present and 8 available to assess athletic injuries at an extracurricular 9 interscholastic contest as provided in the bill to notify the 10 visiting team’s athletic director within 48 hours after the 11 contest occurs if an athlete who is a member of the visiting 12 team shows signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a 13 concussion or brain injury. 14 The bill defines “collision sport” as football, soccer, 15 wrestling, hockey, or lacrosse. The bill defines “contact 16 sport” as a sport that is not a collision sport and that 17 is defined as a contact sport by the American academy of 18 pediatrics. 19 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 20 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, 21 subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from 22 complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of 23 the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, 24 political subdivisions are required to comply with any state 25 mandate included in the bill. 26 -2- LSB 5434XC (1) 86 je/rj 2/ 2