High School Sports Injury Reporting
Bill: H.R.8751 | Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. (D-TX)
Policy area: Health

Summary:
High School Sports Injury Reporting
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to report to Congress about sports injury reporting requirements in high schools. The report must address, among other topics, the availability of and tools used to collect data on sports injuries, as well as recommend policies and other means of supporting sports injury reporting to improve student athlete safety.

To direct the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
    Prevention to submit a report to Congress on the feasibility of 
 reporting data relating to injuries in high school sports to improve 
                    the safety of student athletes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``High School Sports Injury 
Reporting''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON FEASABILITY OF REPORTING DATA ON INJURIES IN HIGH 
              SCHOOL SPORTS TO IMPROVE SAFETY OF STUDENT ATHLETES.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on high school sports injury reporting.
    (b) Contents.--The report under subsection (a) shall include the 
following:
            (1) A survey to examine how injuries in high school sports 
        are reported in the United States, including--
                    (A) the kind of data that is available;
                    (B) the tools used to report such data; and
                    (C) the effect of such reporting on the outcomes 
                relating to such injuries.
            (2) An in-depth evaluation of a State that requires 
        reporting data relating to such injuries, including--
                    (A) the tools that high schools in that State use 
                to conduct such reporting;
                    (B) the ability of such schools to collect such 
                data; and
                    (C) the effect of such reporting on the recovery of 
                student athletes from such injuries.
            (3) An analysis of how such reporting affects the number of 
        such injuries and the treatment relating to such injuries.
            (4) A description of recommendations on how such data 
        reporting helps inform sports safety statutes, policies, and 
        practices in the State.
            (5) What Federal statutes, policies, tools, and practices 
        could be employed to support high schools nationwide in 
        employing robust high school sports injury reporting 
        requirements and systems to improves student athlete safety.
            (6) Any other matters the Secretary considers appropriate.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committees on Appropriations, Education and 
                Labor, and Energy and Commerce of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committees on Appropriations and Health, 
                Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.
            (2) High school.--The term ``high school'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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