By: Hinojosa  S.B. No. 155          (In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2016; January 25, 2017,   read first time and referred to Committee on Education;   May 23, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 23, 2017,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 155 By:  Hall     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to requirements for participants in extracurricular   athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University   Interscholastic League, including a sudden cardiac arrest   awareness form.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 33.095 to read as follows:          Sec. 33.095.  DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPANTS IN   EXTRACURRICULAR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. (a) The University   Interscholastic League shall create an informational sudden   cardiac arrest awareness form for school districts to provide to a   parent of or person standing in parental relation to a student who   wants to participate in an athletic activity sponsored or   sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. The form must   include information relating to sudden cardiac arrest, including:                (1)  a description of a sudden cardiac arrest;                (2)  the causes of a sudden cardiac arrest;                (3)  the symptoms and warning signs of a sudden cardiac   arrest;                (4)  the treatments for a sudden cardiac arrest; and                (5)  options for screening for sudden cardiac arrest   that may be discussed with the student's physician.          (b)  If a student is required under University   Interscholastic League rule or policy to receive a physical   examination before being allowed to participate in an athletic   activity sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic   League, a school district may not allow a district student to   participate in the activity unless the student provides:                (1)  documentation of the physical examination; and                (2)  the informational sudden cardiac arrest awareness   form described by Subsection (a) signed by the parent of or person   standing in parental relation to the student.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2018-2019   school year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *