Legislature(2011 - 2012)BUTROVICH 205
04/13/2011 01:30 PM Senate HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES
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HCR5 | |
Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
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+ | HCR 5 | TELECONFERENCED | |
+ | HB 15 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 15-STUDENT ATHLETE CONCUSSIONS CHAIR DAVIS announced the first order of business would be HB 15, relating to student athlete concussions. [CSHB 15 (JUD) was before the committee.] 1:37:30 PM REPRESENTATIVE MIKE DOOGAN, sponsor of HB 15, noted the committee had already heard SB 22, the Senate companion bill. The two bills are essentially the same, with three minor changes in the Judiciary CS. First, on page 2, line 30, the House Judiciary Committee allowed the words "or electronically" after "in writing." The second change, page 3 line 2, the House Education Committee changed subsection 1 to say, "health care provider who is licensed in the state or exempt from licensure under state law." This relates to doctors from other states who may be temporarily working in rural communities. On page 3 at lines 12 and 13, the Judiciary Committee added the words "caused by a concussion" to clarify that the immunity in this bill does not apply to other kinds of injury. 1:40:05 PM KENNETH EDMUNDS, Director of Government Relations, National Football league said the NFL is a strong supporter of this youth concussion education and prevention bill. HB 15 will help to prevent preventable brain injuries and make sports and recreational activities safer for Alaska's youth athletes. Children and teens are more likely to get a concussion and take longer to recover than adults. More than 40 percent of high school athletes return to participate in school athletics before they have fully recovered from these brain injuries. That is why the NFL has undertaken a state level advocacy effort to promote youth concussion laws similar to the 2009 law in the state of Washington. Zachary Listead survived but continues to face a long road of rehabilitation. HB 15 contains three core principles: concussion education, immediate removal of a youth athlete who appears to have suffered a concussion, and mandatory clearance by a licensed health care provider who is trained in the evaluation and management of concussions. 1:43:57 PM This legislation allows a qualified person to clear a youth athlete. It will make sports and recreational activities better by making them safer. It also will help to reinforce the same rule governing NFL football fields; the medical decisions of health care professionals take precedence over the playing decisions of parents and coaches. The NFL believes that is a winning game plan. 1:45:06 PM JILL HODGES, Executive Director, Alaska Brain Injury Network said she testified in support of HB 15 throughout the process. She thanked the Senate HSS Committee for hearing the bill today, and she supports the changes made on the House side. 1:46:00 PM GARY MATTHEWS, Executive Director, Alaska School Activities Association (ASAA), thanked the Senate HSS committee as well as Representative Doogan and his staff. ASAA is strongly in favor of this version and would like to see it enacted this session. 1:47:38 PM CHAIR DAVIS closed public testimony. She said the bill before the committee is the CS from the House Judiciary committee, version I. She noted the Senate HSS committee had heard a similar bill and they also support this one. 1:48:59 PM SENATOR EGAN moved to report CSHB 15(JUD) from Senate Health and Social Services Standing Committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There being no objection, it was so ordered.
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CS HCR5 Bill.pdf |
SHSS 4/13/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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HCR 5 Sponsor Statement.pdf |
SHSS 4/13/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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HCR5-DHSS-PHN-03-09-11Fiscal note (2).pdf |
SHSS 4/13/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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HCR5JBMR RPH_MFH 2011.pdf |
SHSS 4/13/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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HCR5AADA Response to Alaska.pdf |
SHSS 4/13/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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HCR5 disease_incidence_prev_chart_032310.pdf |
SHSS 4/13/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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HCR5 Backup Scientific Articles.pdf |
SHSS 4/13/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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HCR 5 Letter of Support 1.pdf |
SHSS 4/13/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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HCR 5Letter of Support 2.pdf |
SHSS 4/13/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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HCR5 Letter of Support 3.pdf |
SHSS 4/13/2011 1:30:00 PM |
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HCR5 Letter of Support 4.pdf |
SHSS 4/13/2011 1:30:00 PM |