- 2022 LEGISLATURE LRBa1229/1LRB-0651/1 KRP:wljFFK:klm ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 4, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 82 February 7,18, 20222021 - OfferedIntroduced by RepresentatiLLEN.Representatives A LLEN, M URSAU, GUNDRUM , KERKMAN , KNODL , LOUDENBECK , NEYLON , ROZAR, SPIROS, UBECK , WICHGERS , W ITTKE, .

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(3),"Analysis onby linethe 6Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction, in consultation with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, to develop information, including an information sheet that may be distributed to participants, about the nature and substituterisk “information”.of sudden cardiac arrest in youth athletic activities.

3.The bill specifically requires that the information developed by DPI include information about 1) the risks associated with continuing to participate in a youth athletic activity after experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest symptom;

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118.293Under (3)the (a).”.bill, at the beginning of a youth athletic activity season, an operator of the youth athletic activity must distribute a sudden cardiac arrest information sheet to each person who wishes to participate in the activity.

4.The bill prohibits a person from participating in a youth athletic activity until the person returns the - 2022 Legislature - 2 - LRB-0651/1 FFK:klm ASSEMBLY BILL 82 information sheet signed by the person and, if the person is 18 years old or younger, the person's parent or guardian.

PageHowever, 3,the linebill 14:specifies that the sudden cardiac arrest information sheet must be submitted to a private or public school only once each school year and to a private club only once in the 365-day period before participating in the athletic activity rather than prior to participation in each athletic activity during the respective time period.

afterThe thatpeople lineof insert:the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

“(5)S ThisECTION section1. does not apply after June 30, 2032.”.

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118.2935118.293 (3m)".(1) (c).

(2) In consultation with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, the department shall develop information, including an information sheet that may be distributed under sub.

(3), for the purpose of educating athletic coaches and pupil athletes and their parents or guardians about the nature and risk of sudden cardiac arrest during youth athletic activities.

The department shall include in the information developed under this subsection at least all of the following:

(a) Information about the risks associated with continuing to participate in a youth athletic activity after experiencing one or more symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest, including fainting, difficulty breathing, chest pains, dizziness, and abnormal racing heart rate.

(b) Information about electrocardiogram testing, including the potential risks, benefits, and evidentiary basis behind electrocardiogram testing.

(c) Information about how to request, from a pupil's health care provider, the administration of an electrocardiogram, in addition to a comprehensive physical examination required to participate in a youth athletic activity, at a cost to be incurred by the pupil's parent or guardian.

LRB-0651/1 - 2022 Legislature - 3 - FFK:klm SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 82 (3) (a) At the beginning of a season for a youth athletic activity, the person operating the youth athletic activity shall distribute a sudden cardiac arrest information sheet to each person who will be coaching that youth athletic activity and to each person who wishes to participate in that youth athletic activity.

No person may participate in a youth athletic activity unless the person returns the information sheet signed by the person and, if he or she is under the age of 19, by his or her parent or guardian.

(b) 1.

Notwithstanding par.

(a), the exception provided under s.

118.293 (3) (b) 1.

applies to the requirement for a private or public school to distribute a sudden cardiac arrest information sheet and the exception provided under s.

118.293 (3) (b) 2.

applies to the requirement for a private club to distribute a sudden cardiac arrest information sheet.

(4) This section does not create any liability for, or a cause of action against, any person.