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| Bill | Sudden cardiac arrest of students. | Provides that sudden cardiac arrest information sheets currently required to be provided by each school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school to a parent of an applicable student must include: (1) the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest; and (2) information about electrocardiogram testing. Adds definition of "applicable student". Makes changes to the definition of "athletic activity". Provides that the department of education (department) must maintain guidelines, information sheets, or forms on the department's Internet web site. Provides that, if an applicable student is suspected, as determined by a game official, coach from the student athlete's team, certified athletic trainer, marching band leader, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, licensed physician, or other official designated by the student athlete's school entity, of experiencing a symptom of sudden cardiac arrest in a practice for an athletic activity or in an athletic activity, the applicable student shall be removed from practice or play at the time that the symptom is identified. (Current law provides that, if a student athlete is suspected of experiencing a symptom of sudden cardiac arrest in a practice for an athletic activity or in an athletic activity, the student athlete shall be removed from practice or play at the time that the symptom is identified.) Allows a licensed athletic trainer, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse to evaluate whether an applicable student is experiencing a symptom of sudden cardiac arrest. Requires that an applicable student may not return to practice or play until the coach, marching band leader, or other official designated by the applicable student's school entity has: (1) provided information to the applicable student's parent about sudden cardiac arrest; and (2) received verbal permission from a parent of the applicable student that the applicable student may return to practice and play. Requires a coach, marching band leader, or certain other leaders, in a manner and frequency determined by the state board of education, to complete the sudden cardiac arrest training course offered by a provider approved by the department. Provides that a coach, marching band leader, and certain other extracurricular activity leader who completes the course and provides coaching or other leadership services in good faith is not personally liable for damages in a civil action as a result of a sudden cardiac arrest incurred by an applicable student participating in an athletic activity for which the coach, marching band leader, or other leader provided coaching or leadership services, except for an act or omission by the coach, marching band leader, or other extracurricular activity leader that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Makes technical corrections (a legal guardian is included in the definition of a parent in IC 20). | us/states/in | Indiana General Assembly | 2021 | HB 1040 | Indiana HB 1040 (2021) |
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Indiana HB 1040 (2021) — Sudden cardiac arrest of students.
Provides that sudden cardiac arrest information sheets currently required to be provided by each school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school to a parent of an applicable student must include: (1) the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest; and (2) information about electrocardiogram testing. Adds definition of "applicable student". Makes changes to the definition of "athletic activity". Provides that the department of education (department) must maintain guidelines, information sheets, or forms on the department's Internet web site. Provides that, if an applicable student is suspected, as determined by a game official, coach from the student athlete's team, certified athletic trainer, marching band leader, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, licensed physician, or other official designated by the student athlete's school entity, of experiencing a symptom of sudden cardiac arrest in a practice for an athletic activity or in an athletic activity, the applicable student shall be removed from practice or play at the time that the symptom is identified. (Current law provides that, if a student athlete is suspected of experiencing a symptom of sudden cardiac arrest in a practice for an athletic activity or in an athletic activity, the student athlete shall be removed from practice or play at the time that the symptom is identified.) Allows a licensed athletic trainer, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse to evaluate whether an applicable student is experiencing a symptom of sudden cardiac arrest. Requires that an applicable student may not return to practice or play until the coach, marching band leader, or other official designated by the applicable student's school entity has: (1) provided information to the applicable student's parent about sudden cardiac arrest; and (2) received verbal permission from a parent of the applicable student that the applicable student may return to practice and play. Requires a coach, marching band leader, or certain other leaders, in a manner and frequency determined by the state board of education, to complete the sudden cardiac arrest training course offered by a provider approved by the department. Provides that a coach, marching band leader, and certain other extracurricular activity leader who completes the course and provides coaching or other leadership services in good faith is not personally liable for damages in a civil action as a result of a sudden cardiac arrest incurred by an applicable student participating in an athletic activity for which the coach, marching band leader, or other leader provided coaching or leadership services, except for an act or omission by the coach, marching band leader, or other extracurricular activity leader that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Makes technical corrections (a legal guardian is included in the definition of a parent in IC 20).
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Engrossed House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- HB 1040 - Bohacek - 3rd Reading — 37–13 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Anthony Cook — coauthor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Hatfield — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-04 Coauthored by Representatives Hatfield and Cook
- 2021-01-04 Authored by Representative Pressel
- 2021-01-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Education
reading-1, referral-committee - 2021-01-28 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2021-02-16 Amendment #2 (Pressel) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-failure, amendment-passage - 2021-02-16 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-02-17 Senate sponsor: Senator Bohacek
- 2021-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 176: yeas 92, nays 6
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-18 Referred to the Senate
- 2021-02-24 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
reading-1, referral-committee - 2021-03-08 Senator Kruse added as second sponsor
- 2021-03-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2021-03-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-03-16 Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
- 2021-03-18 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- 2021-03-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 271: yeas 37, nays 13
passage, reading-3 - 2021-03-26 Returned to the House with amendments
amendment-failure - 2021-03-31 Motion to concur filed
- 2021-04-01 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 343: yeas 88, nays 0
amendment-failure - 2021-04-07 Signed by the Speaker
- 2021-04-08 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- 2021-04-14 Signed by the President of the Senate
- 2021-04-15 Public Law 56
- 2021-04-15 Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a19363a-ba8b-4a6e-8b52-c63162849217. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).