BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 2007 Page 1 CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS AB 2007 (McCarty) As Amended August 3, 2016 Majority vote -------------------------------------------------------------------- |ASSEMBLY: |56-19 |(May 31, 2016) |SENATE: |33-4 |(August 15, | | | | | | |2016) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Committee Reference: A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. SUMMARY: Youth athletics: youth sports organizations: concussions or other head injuries The Senate amendments: 1)Change the designation of one covered sport from "Contact martial arts" to "Full contact martial arts." 2)Strike the requirement that a youth sports organization (YSO) must appoint an individual within the organization to be responsible for ensuring compliance by the organization, to instead require the YSO to adopt procedures to ensure compliance with the bill's provisions. AB 2007 Page 2 3)Add swimming and synchronized swimming to the list of covered sports. 4)Make additional technical and conforming changes. EXISTING LAW: Requires, a school district, charter school, or private school that elects to offer an athletic program, to comply with the following: 1)Requires an athlete who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury in an athletic activity to be immediately removed from the athletic activity for the remainder of the day, and not permitted to return to the athletic activity until he or she is evaluated by a licensed health care provider who is trained in the management of concussions and is acting within the scope of his or her practice. Prohibits the athlete from returning to the athletic activity until he or she receives written clearance to return to the athletic activity from that licensed health care provider. 2)Requires, if the licensed health care provider determines that the athlete sustained a concussion or a head injury, the athlete to also complete a graduated return-to-play protocol of no less than seven days in duration under the supervision of a licensed health care provider. 3)Urges the California Interscholastic Federation to work in consultation with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine to develop and adopt rules and protocols to implement b) above. 4)Requires, on a yearly basis, a concussion and head injury AB 2007 Page 3 information sheet to be signed and returned by the athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian before the athlete initiates practice or competition. 5)Exempts an athlete engaging in an athletic activity during the regular school day or as part of a physical education course, as specified. FISCAL EFFECT: None COMMENTS: According to the author the amendments which replaced the requirement that a YSO must appoint an individual within the organization to be responsible for ensuring compliance by the organization, to instead require the YSO to adopt procedures to ensure compliance, were taken at the request of American Youth Soccer Organization to address their concern that the stricken language could create liability for one individual and not the league or organization as intended. In addition, the author points out that "Full contact martial arts" is defined in Business and Professions Code Section 18627, as: "The use of full unrestrained physical force in a martial arts contest," whereas "contact martial arts" has no existing definition. Analysis Prepared by: Dana Mitchell / A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. / (916) 319-3450 FN: 0004237 AB 2007 Page 4