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MA H2252

MA H2252
Promoting best practices in youth athletic coaching


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Introduced
02/16/2023
In Committee
02/16/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2024

Introduced Session

193rd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to promoting best practices in youth athletic coaching. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill aims to promote best practices in youth athletic coaching by requiring all municipal recreation departments in Massachusetts to establish a best practices curriculum for coaches of youth athletic activities. The curriculum must include, at minimum, online or in-person trainings that focus on considering the mental health of youth athletes and preventing psychological and physical abuse related to their participation in athletic activities. The bill also mandates that no individual can coach a youth athletic activity unless they have completed the municipality's best practices training curriculum on an annual basis.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4565 (on 04/22/2024)

Taxonomy

Health
  • ‐ Infants and Children
  • ‐ Mental Illness, Mental Retardation, and Deinstitutionalization
Law, Crime, and Family Issues
  • ‐ Child Abuse and Child Custody

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Document Type Source Location Created
State Bill Page https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H2252 03/14/2023
BillText https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H2252.pdf 03/14/2023
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