83R6850 CAS-D
 
  By: Leach H.B. No. 3530
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the membership of school district and open-enrollment
  charter school concussion oversight teams.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 38.151, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subdivision (2-a) and amending Subdivision (5) to read as
  follows:
               (2-a)  "Chiropractor" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 201.001, Occupations Code.
               (5)  "Licensed health care professional" means an
  advanced practice nurse, athletic trainer, chiropractor,
  neuropsychologist, or physician assistant, as those terms are
  defined by this section.
         SECTION 2.  Section 38.154(a), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Each concussion oversight team must include at least one
  physician and, to the greatest extent practicable, considering
  factors including the population of the metropolitan statistical
  area in which the school district or open-enrollment charter school
  is located, district or charter school student enrollment, and the
  availability of and access to licensed health care professionals in
  the district or charter school area, must also include one or more
  of the following:
               (1)  an athletic trainer;
               (2)  an advanced practice nurse;
               (3)  a neuropsychologist; [or]
               (4)  a physician assistant; or
               (5)  a chiropractor.
         SECTION 3.  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.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.