HB 45 — Relating to public K-12 sports; to create the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act; to require the State Board of Education to adopt certain guidelines and information sheets regarding sudden cardiac arrest and distribute those information sheets to students, parents, and coaches; to require coaches to undergo certain training related to sudden cardiac arrest and to remove students who exhibit symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest from play; to require students and parents to acknowledge consent of certain informational materials related to sudden cardiac arrest; to establish certain penalties for coaches and to protect a coach from certain liability related to sudden cardiac arrest.

HB45 INTRODUCEDENROLLED TBNP55-1TBNP55-3 By Representative Gray RFD:

23-Feb-23 2023 Regular Session Page 0 TBNP55-1HB45 02/13/2023Enrolled GPEnrolled, (L)maAn 2023-315Act, 23 4Relating SYNOPSIS:to K-12 school sports;

Under existing law, local boards of education and sports organizations are not required to adherecreate tothe anyTyrell protocolSpencer ifAct; a student athlete exhibits symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest.

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and to createencourage theAED Suddenavailability. Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act;

to require the State Board of Education to adopt certain guidelines and information sheets regarding sudden cardiac arrest and distribute those information sheets to students, parents, and coaches;

to require coaches to undergo certain training related to sudden cardiac arrest and to remove students who exhibit symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest from play;

to require students and parents to acknowledge consent of certain informational materials related to sudden cardiac arrest;

to establish certain penalties for coaches and to protect a coach from certain liability related to sudden cardiac arrest.

This act shall be known and may be cited as Page 2 HB45 INTRODUCED the SuddenTyrell CardiacSpencer Arrest Prevention Act.

(1) ATHLETICAHSAA. ACTIVITY.

a.The Alabama High School Athletic Association.

(2) AISA.

The Alabama Independent School Association.

(3) ATHLETIC ACTIVITY.

Page 1 HB45 Enrolled a.

Any athletic contest or competition other than interscholastic athletics that is sponsored by or associated with a schoolschool, entity, including club-sponsored sports activities.

Competitive or noncompetitive cheerleading that is sponsored by or associated with a school.

Any practices, including interschoolinterscholastic practices,practices or scrimmages for any activities listed in this subdivision.

(2)(4) THE BOARD.

(3)(5) SCHOOL.

Any public or private K-12 school.

(6) STUDENT ATHLETE.

A student who is enrolled in a K-12 school and participates in any athletic activity.

(a) The board shall adopt guidelines to inform and educate students,student athletes, parents, and coaches about the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest, including the risks associated with continuing to participate in or practice in an athletic activity after experiencing anysymptoms, ofas outlined by the followingrequired symptoms:training.

(1)(b) FaintingThe orboard seizuresshall duringdevelop exercise.a cardiac arrest symptoms and warning signs information sheet to be provided to each student athlete participating in an athletic activity.

(2)Beginning Unexplainedwith shortnessthe 2024-2025 school year, before any student athlete may participate in any athletic activity, the student athlete and his or her parent or guardian shall sign and Page 2 HB45 Enrolled return to the student athlete's school an acknowledgement form acknowledging their receipt and review of breath.the information sheet.

(3)The Chestacknowledgment pains.form shall be developed by the AHSAA for its member schools and the AISA for its member schools.

PageAs 3part HB45of INTRODUCEDthe (4)student Dizziness.athlete's eligibility requirements, a new acknowledgment form shall be signed and returned to the applicable school at the beginning of each school year in which the student athlete intends to participate in an athletic activity.

(5)Each Aacknowledgment racingform heartshall rate.be kept in the school's online eligibility software program.

(6)(c) ExtremeIn fatigue.developing guidelines and materials, the board may use educational materials created by Simon's Heart for the purpose of educating student athletes, parents, and coaches about sudden cardiac arrest.

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Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, before any student may participate in any athletic activity, the student and his or her parent or guardian shall sign and return to the student's school a form acknowledging their receipt and review of the information 95 sheet.

A new acknowledgment form shall be signed and returned to the school for each school year that the student participates in an athletic activity.

(c) In developing guidelines and materials, the board may use educational materials created by Simon's Fund for the purpose of educating students, parents, and coaches about sudden cardiac arrest.