Bill > A3472

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Department of Education to develop a centralized registry for high school student-athletes who sustain concussions or other head injuries. The purpose of the registry is to collect data to determine the rates, patterns, and trends of head injuries in order to develop evidence-based injury prevention protocols. Under the bill, each person who coaches a school district or nonpublic school interscholastic sport, intramural sport, or cheerleading program must immediately notify the athletic director or other person designated by the district or nonpublic school when a student sustains a concussion or other head injury as a result of participating in the sport or cheerleading program. Each week, based on the information provided by the coach, the athletic director or other person designated by the district or nonpublic school will enter into the department's centralized registry information concerning the student-athlete's concussion or other head injury, including but not limited to: · the type of head injury; · the sport or program in which the student-athlete was participating when the concussion or other head injury was sustained; · the specific incident that occurred that resulted in the concussion or other head injury, including the specific phase of the game or cheerleading routine in which the student-athlete was engaged when the concussion or other head injury was sustained; and · the average number of days missed from practice or play before the student-athlete was cleared to return to participate in games and practices. The bill stipulates that, in establishing the registry, the department must ensure that any student identifying information is kept confidential.

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Carol Murphy (D)*,  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee (on 03/05/2018)