An Act To Establish Head Injury Safety Requirements for School Athletic Programs
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1300
Committee Amendment CA_A_H319 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to H.P. 903, L.D. 1300, Bill, "An Act To 
Establish Head Injury Safety Requirements for School Athletic Programs" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Create a Working Group on the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment 
of Concussive Head Injuries in Student-athletes' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Working group. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Education shall 
establish a working group on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of concussive head 
injuries in student-athletes. 
The commissioner shall invite the participation in the 
working group of representatives from the Maine Principals' Association, the Maine 
School Superintendents Association, the Maine School Boards Association, the Maine 
School Management Association and the Acquired Brain Injury Advisory Council, the 
medical director of health services at Colby College, sports medicine practitioners, 
medical providers and school athletic directors and trainers and representatives of any 
other stakeholder group or interested party the commissioner considers appropriate; and 
be it further 
Sec. 2. Duties. Resolved: That the working group established in section I shall 
develop recommendations on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of concussive head 
injuries in student-athletes, including, but not limited to, avoiding concussive head 
injuries through education, baseline and post-concussion testing and diagnosis of student-
athletes, return-to-play guidelines, training for school athletic directors and athletic 
trainers, the delivery of post-concussion management services to concussed athletes and 
ways in which to effectively integrate these education, training and diagnostic 
recommendations into school athletic programs; and be it further 
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Sec. 3. Report. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Education shall report the 
findings and recommendations of the working group established in section I to the Joint 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITIEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 903, L.D. 1300 
Stand ing Comm ittee on Education and Cultural Affairs no later than March 1, 2010; and 
be it further 
Sec. 4. Legislation. Resolved: That the Joint Standing Committee on Education 
and Cultural Affairs may submit a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 124th 
Legislature on the issue of concussive head injuries in student-athletes following receipt 
of the report required in section 3.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve directing the Commissioner of 
Education to establish a working group on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of 
concussive head injuries in student-athletes. The commissioner is required to report the 
findings and recommendations of the working group to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Education and Cultural Affairs by March 1, 2010 and the committee is authorized to 
submit a bill to the Legislature on the issue of concussive head injuries in student-athletes 
following receipt of the report. 
FISCAL \'OTE HEQlIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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LD 1300 
LR 1575(02) 
An Act To Establish Head Injury Safety Requirements for School Athletic Programs 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A" 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Education associated with establishing the required working group and 
submitting the required report can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
LRI575(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I