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BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

HB 1961: Team medical professionals

Regulating team medical professionals.

Summary

  • Requires intercollegiate athletic programs to formally contract with team medical professionals. The contract must include provisions stating that: (1) The athletic program will accept liability for the actions of team medical professionals relative to student-athletes; and (2) The duty of the team medical professional to safeguard the health of a student-athlete trumps any considerations of athletic or team success.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 11, 2005
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Brendan Williams (D-22)
Introduced
February 11, 2005 in the House
Last action
January 9, 2006

AN ACT Relating to regulating team medical professionals who work with student-athletes;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Brendan Williams (D-22)

8 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Bill Hinkle R-13Senator D-22Mary Skinner R-14Eric Pettigrew D-37Dawn Morrell D-25Bill Fromhold D-49Alex Wood D-3John Serben R-6

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Higher Education.

HB 1961 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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