NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A6968A
SPONSOR: Benedetto
 
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
requiring information on concussions to be provided to all parents of
children playing tackle football
 
PURPOSE:
Provides parents or guardians of children participating in tackle foot-
ball programs informational packets regarding concussions and subconcus-
sive blows, and the injuries that may result from receiving such blows.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends Article 25 of the public health law by adding a new
Title VII entitled YOUTH SPORTS, Section 2595, tackle football programs
shall provide informational packets regarding concussions and sub-con-
cussive blows, and the injuries that may occur as a result of such
blows.
Section 2 defines "tackle football programs."
 
JUSTIFICATION:
The informational packets will be useful in informing player's parents
or guardians of potential risks associated with concussions and sub-con-
cussive blows, as well as provide information on the risks that may
occur while participating in tackle football programs.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2017-18: 5.7244 died on 3rd reading
2015-16: S.1943 Health Comm.
2013-14: 5.7624 Health Comm.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
To take effect on the 90th day after it shall become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6968--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 29, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring informa-
tion on concussions to be provided to all parents of children playing
tackle football
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a
2 new title 7 to read as follows:
3 TITLE VII
4 YOUTH SPORTS
5 Section 2595. Football programs; information on concussions.
6 § 2595. Football programs; information on concussions. 1. All tackle
7 football programs in the state shall provide an informational packet
8 about concussions and sub-concussive blows, and the injuries that might
9 occur as a result of receiving such blows, to the parents or guardians
10 of all children participating in such tackle football program. The
11 informational packet shall be provided by the department and shall be
12 available to be downloaded free of charge from the department's website.
13 2. For the purposes of this section, "tackle football program" shall
14 include any practice, game or other activity which involves engaging in
15 tackle football and which is organized by a school, adult, or public or
16 private league or other entity whose purpose is to allow children to
17 participate in contact football.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
19 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01533-03-9