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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to removal of the requirements concerning random testing |
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for illegal steroids of high school students participating in |
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athletic competitions sponsored or sanctioned by the University |
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Interscholastic League. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 33.091, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.091. PREVENTION OF ILLEGAL STEROID USE[; RANDOM
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TESTING]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 33.091(b) and (h), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The league shall adopt rules prohibiting a student from |
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participating in an athletic competition sponsored or sanctioned by |
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the league unless: |
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(1) the student agrees not to use steroids [and, if the
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student is enrolled in high school, the student submits to random
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testing for the presence of illegal steroids in the student's body,
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in accordance with the program established under Subsection (d)]; |
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and |
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(2) the league obtains from the student's parent a |
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statement signed by the parent and acknowledging that: |
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(A) [the parent's child, if enrolled in high
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school, may be subject to random steroid testing;
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[(B)] state law prohibits possessing, |
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dispensing, delivering, or administering a steroid in a manner not |
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allowed by state law; |
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(B) [(C)] state law provides that bodybuilding, |
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muscle enhancement, or the increase of muscle bulk or strength |
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through the use of a steroid by a person who is in good health is not |
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a valid medical purpose; |
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(C) [(D)] only a licensed practitioner with |
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prescriptive authority may prescribe a steroid for a person; and |
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(D) [(E)] a violation of state law concerning |
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steroids is a criminal offense punishable by confinement in jail or |
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imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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(h) Subsection (b)(1) does not apply to the use by a student |
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of a steroid that is dispensed, prescribed, delivered, and |
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administered by a medical practitioner for a valid medical purpose |
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and in the course of professional practice[, and a student is not
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subject to a period of ineligibility under Subsection (d)(6) on the
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basis of that steroid use]. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 33.091(d), (e), and (f), Education |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |