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        February 1, 2013

Madam Speaker:

    The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 269, TRAINING OF SCHOOL NURSES, by Representative P. Ray, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 15 through 16 :    

             15          .    permits a school nurse to

{   treat   }        assess       a child who sustains a concussion or traumatic head

             16      injury during school hours on school property;
  and      


2.    Page 1, Line 18 :    

             18      return to
  free play or       physical education class after sustaining a concussion or traumatic head


3.    Page 1, Lines 20 through 24 :    

             20      injury
{   ;   }        .            {   and

             21          .    requires a school nurse to, as funding allows, undergo training in the evaluation and
             22      management of a concussion, unless the school where the nurse is employed has an
             23      athletic trainer or other qualified health care provider who is trained in the
             24      evaluation and management of a concussion.   }

4.    Page 2, Line 37 :    

             37          (1) A school nurse may
{   treat   }        assess       a child who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or a


5.    Page 2, Line 41 :    

             41     
{   23   }        26       -53-301 (1)(b)(i) and (1)(b)(ii)(A), but who      {   treats   }        assesses       a child who is suspected of sustaining a


6.    Page 2, Lines 45 through 46 :    

             45          (b) may not provide a written statement permitting the child to resume participation in
  free play or      

             46      physical education class under
{   Subjection   }        Subsection       26-53-301 (1)(b)(ii).


7.    Page 2, Lines 49 through 58 :    

             49          
{   Section 2. Section 53A-6-113 is enacted to read:

             50          53A-6-113. Training of school nurses to evaluate and manage a concussion.
             51          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a school nurse shall, as funding allows:
             52          (a) be trained in the evaluation and management of a concussion; and
             53          (b) complete a continuing education course in the evaluation and management of a
             54      concussion at least once every three years.
             55          (2) A school nurse is excused from the requirements of Subsection (1) if the nurse
             56      works at a school that has an athletic trainer or other qualified health care provider on staff who

             57      meets the requirements to be able to evaluate a child who sustains a concussion or traumatic
             58      head injury described in Section 26-53-301 .   }

    Respectfully,

    Paul Ray
    Committee Chair

Voting: 9-0-0
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