Full Text of SB2439 101st General Assembly
SB2439sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Laura M. Murphy Filed: 3/3/2020
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2439
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2439 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Youth Sports Concussion Safety Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 15 and adding Sections 25 and 30 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (410 ILCS 145/15)
| 8 | | Sec. 15. Concussion and head injury educational materials. | 9 | | Each youth sports league with players who participate in any | 10 | | youth-sponsored sports activity sponsored or sanctioned by the | 11 | | youth sports league shall is encouraged to make available, | 12 | | electronically or in writing, to coaches, game officials, and | 13 | | players, as well as the parents, guardians, and other persons | 14 | | with legal authority to make medical decisions, educational | 15 | | materials that describe the nature and risk of concussions and | 16 | | head injuries, including the advisability of removal of players |
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| 1 | | that exhibit signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a | 2 | | concussion, such as a loss of consciousness, a headache, | 3 | | dizziness, confusion, or balance problems, from participating | 4 | | in a youth-sponsored sports activity sponsored or sanctioned by | 5 | | the youth sports league. | 6 | | These educational materials may include materials produced | 7 | | or distributed by the Illinois High School Association, those | 8 | | produced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and | 9 | | Prevention, or other comparable materials. The intent of these | 10 | | materials is to assist in educating coaches, game officials, | 11 | | and players and parents, guardians, and other persons with | 12 | | legal authority to make medical decisions for players about the | 13 | | nature and risks of head injuries.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 99-245, eff. 8-3-15.) | 15 | | (410 ILCS 145/25 new) | 16 | | Sec. 25. Coach education. A coach shall annually receive | 17 | | first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and automated | 18 | | external defibrillator certification from a nationally | 19 | | recognized program. | 20 | | (410 ILCS 145/30 new) | 21 | | Sec. 30. Youth tackle football. | 22 | | (a) In this Section: | 23 | | "EMS personnel" has the same meaning as defined under | 24 | | Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems |
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| 1 | | Act. | 2 | | "Full-contact portion" means the period of time in drills | 3 | | or live action that involves contact at game speed. | 4 | | "Full-contact practice" means a session where one or more | 5 | | drills or live action is conducted that involves contact at | 6 | | game speed, as in an actual tackle football game or scrimmage. | 7 | | "Full-contact practice" includes, but is not limited to, | 8 | | simulations or drills that involve any number of players. | 9 | | "Off-season" means a period extending from the end of the | 10 | | regular season until 30 days before the commencement of the | 11 | | next regular season. | 12 | | "Preseason" means a period of 30 days before the | 13 | | commencement of the regular season. | 14 | | "Regular season" means the period from the first league | 15 | | football game or scrimmage until the completion of the final | 16 | | football game of that season. | 17 | | "Safety equipment" includes, but is not limited to, all of | 18 | | the following: | 19 | | (1) A helmet and its associated parts, including, but | 20 | | not limited to, a face mask and mouth guard. | 21 | | (2) Hip, knee, and shoulder pads. | 22 | | (3) A jersey. | 23 | | (4) A tailbone protector. | 24 | | (5) Pants and thigh guards. | 25 | | (6) Shoes, including, but not limited to, cleats.
| 26 | | "Youth tackle football team" means a youth tackle football |
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| 1 | | team within a youth sports league. | 2 | | (b) A youth sports league that conducts a tackle football | 3 | | program shall comply with all of the following requirements: | 4 | | (1) A youth tackle football team shall not conduct more | 5 | | than 2 full-contact practices per week during the preseason | 6 | | and regular season. | 7 | | (2) A youth tackle football team shall not hold a | 8 | | full-contact practice during the off-season. | 9 | | (3) The full-contact portion of any practice shall not | 10 | | exceed 30 minutes in any single day. | 11 | | (4) A coach shall annually receive a tackling and | 12 | | blocking certification from a nationally recognized | 13 | | program that emphasizes shoulder tackling, safe contact | 14 | | and blocking drills, and techniques designed to minimize | 15 | | the risk during contact by removing the involvement of a | 16 | | youth tackle football team player's head from all tackling | 17 | | and blocking techniques. | 18 | | (5) A minimum of one EMS personnel must be present | 19 | | during all preseason, regular season, and off-season | 20 | | games. | 21 | | (6) The coach and administrator of a youth tackle | 22 | | football team must successfully complete the education | 23 | | offered under paragraph (1) of subsection (c) at least | 24 | | once, either online or in person, before supervising a | 25 | | youth tackle football team player. | 26 | | (7) Safety equipment shall be inspected before every |
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| 1 | | full-contact practice or game to ensure that all youth | 2 | | tackle football team players are properly equipped. | 3 | | (8) Each youth tackle football team player shall | 4 | | complete a minimum of 10 hours of noncontact practice at | 5 | | the beginning of each season for the purpose of | 6 | | conditioning, acclimating to safety equipment, and | 7 | | progressing to the introduction of full-contact practice. | 8 | | During noncontact practice, a youth tackle football player | 9 | | shall not wear any pads and shall only wear a helmet if | 10 | | required to do so by the player's coach. | 11 | | (c) A youth sports league shall comply with all of the | 12 | | following requirements: | 13 | | (1) Offer concussion and head injury education, or | 14 | | related educational materials, to each coach and | 15 | | administrator of a youth tackle football team. | 16 | | (2) Annually provide a declaration to its youth tackle | 17 | | football teams stating that the youth sports league is in | 18 | | compliance with this Section, and shall either post the | 19 | | declaration on its website or provide the declaration to | 20 | | all of its youth tackle football team players.
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 22 | | 1, 2021.".
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