Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB336%20SUB2.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=336
Timestamp: 2018-01-21 05:40:07
Document Index: 13101756

Matched Legal Cases: ['§55', '§18', '§29', '§55', '§18', '§29', '§29']

SB336 SUB2 Senate Bill 336 History
(By Senators Stollings, Wells, Plymale, Barnes, Beach, Unger, Palumbo, Kessler (Mr. President) and Jenkins)
A BILL to repeal §55-7-19 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-25a; and to amend and reenact §29-12-5a of said code, all relating to establishing protocols and protections to limit and treat injury to youth athletes and students; making legislative findings with respect to concussions; defining certain terms; requiring certain rules; setting forth certain minimum provisions of rules; requiring Board of Risk and Insurance Management to provide insurance coverage for certain additional individuals; clarifying Board of Risk and Insurance Management shall provide insurance coverage for licensed health care professional; limiting civil liability in certain circumstances; and making certain technical changes.
That §55-7-19 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed; that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-25a; and that §29-12-5a of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
(b) For the purposes of this section, “interscholastic athlete” means any athlete who is participating in interscholastic athletics at a high school or middle school that is a member of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission. “Licensed health care professional” means a health care provider whose licensed scope of practice includes the ability to diagnose and treat an injury or disease.
(c) The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission shall promulgate rules pursuant to section twenty-five of this article that address concussions and head injuries in interscholastic athletes: Provided, That prior to state board approval and notwithstanding the exemption provided in section three, article one, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, the state board shall submit the rule to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability pursuant to section nine, article three-b, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
§29-12-5a. Liability insurance for county boards of education, their employees and members, the county superintendent of schools and for employees and officers of the State Department of Corrections.
(a) In accordance with the provisions of this article, the State Board of Risk and Insurance Management shall provide appropriate professional or other liability insurance for all county boards of education, teachers, supervisory and administrative staff members, service personnel, county superintendents of schools, and school board members, volunteer workers and student teachers, and for all employees and officers of the State Department of Corrections: Provided, That the Board of Risk and Insurance Management is not required to provide insurance for every property, activity or responsibility of county boards of education, teachers, supervisory and administrative staff members, service personnel, county superintendents of schools, and school board members, volunteer workers and student teachers, and for all employees and officers of the State Department of Corrections: Provided, however, That the Board of Risk and Insurance Management shall provide insurance for a licensed health care professional as defined in section twenty-five-a, article two, chapter eighteen of this code.
(b) Insurance provided by the Board of Risk and Insurance Management pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall cover claims, demands, actions, suits or judgments by reason of alleged negligence or other acts resulting in bodily injury or property damage to any person within or without any school building or correctional institution if, at the time of the alleged injury, the teacher, supervisor, administrator, service personnel employee, county superintendent, school board member, volunteer worker or student teacher, or employee or officer of the Department of Corrections, was acting in the discharge of his or her duties, within the scope of his or her office, position or employment, under the direction of the Board of Education or Commissioner of Corrections or in an official capacity as a county superintendent or as a school board member or as Commissioner of Corrections.
(e) The county superintendent and other school personnel, volunteer worker and student teacher shall be defended by the county board or an insurer in the case of suit, unless the act or omission shall not have been within the course or scope of employment or official responsibility or was motivated by malicious or criminal intent.
(f) For the purposes of this section, “volunteer worker” includes, but is not limited to, a licensed health care professional as defined in section twenty-five-a, article two, chapter eighteen of this code. A licensed health care professional is not liable for any civil damages as a result of rendering diagnostic or treatment services for an injury or disease, or as a result of any act or failure to act in providing or arranging further medical treatment, in accordance with acceptable standards of care, to an extent greater than the applicable limits of the professional liability insurance provided by the State Board of Risk and Insurance Management pursuant to this section and in effect at the time.