TITLE: Relating to the acquisition and use by a school district of an electroencephalogram brain assessment platform to monitor concussions in student athletes.

SUMMARY: Relating to the acquisition and use by a school district of an electroencephalogram brain assessment platform to monitor concussions in student athletes.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the acquisition and use by a school district of an electroencephalogram brain assessment platform to monitor concussions in student athletes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 38.1581 to read as follows: Sec. 38.1581. MONITORING CONCUSSIONS IN STUDENT ATHLETES. (a) A school district may acquire for use in the district's interscholastic athletic program an electroencephalogram brain assessment platform designed to establish a person's baseline brain function for comparison to the person's brain function following a concussive impact. (b) A district that acquires the electroencephalogram brain assessment platform described by Subsection (a) shall use the device to monitor student athletic program participants who experience a concussive impact to determine whether the student requires medical attention and whether the student may safely resume participation in athletic activity. (c) A district must obtain written consent from the student's parent or guardian or other person with legal authority to make medical decisions for the student before the device described by Subsection (a) may be used on the student. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.