This is the preview version of the Wisconsin State Legislature site.
Please see http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov for the production version.
FFK:klm
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
February 18, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Allen, Mursau, Gundrum,
Kerkman, Knodl, Loudenbeck, Neylon, Rozar, Spiros, Subeck, Wichgers,
Wittke, J. Rodriguez and Vruwink, cosponsored by Senators Darling, L.
Taylor
and Cowles. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB82,1,2 1An Act to amend 119.04 (1); and to create 118.2935 of the statutes; relating
2to:
information about sudden cardiac arrest during youth athletic activities.
Analysis by the Legislative 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
risk of sudden cardiac arrest in youth athletic activities. 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; 2) the potential risks and benefits of,
and evidentiary basis for, electrocardiogram testing; and 3) requesting an
electrocardiogram from a pupil's health care provider. Under the bill, a youth
athletic activity is defined as an organized athletic activity in which the participants,
a majority of whom are under 19 years of age, are engaged in an athletic game or
competition against another team, club, or entity, or in practice or preparation for an
organized athletic game or competition against another team, club, or entity. This
is the definition in current law that applies to requirements for providing
information related to the nature and risk of concussion and head injuries in youth
athletic activities.
Under the 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. The bill prohibits a
person from participating in a youth athletic activity until the person returns the

information sheet signed by the person and, if the person is 18 years old or younger,
the person's parent or guardian. However, the bill 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.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB82,1 1Section 1. 118.2935 of the statutes is created to read:
AB82,2,3 2118.2935 Sudden cardiac arrest; youth athletic activities. (1) In this
3section, “youth athletic activity” has the meaning given in s. 118.293 (1) (c).
AB82,2,9 4(2) In consultation with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, the
5department shall develop information, including an information sheet that may be
6distributed under sub. (3), for the purpose of educating athletic coaches and pupil
7athletes and their parents or guardians about the nature and risk of sudden cardiac
8arrest during youth athletic activities. The department shall include in the
9information developed under this subsection at least all of the following:
AB82,2,1310 (a) Information about the risks associated with continuing to participate in a
11youth athletic activity after experiencing one or more symptoms of sudden cardiac
12arrest, including fainting, difficulty breathing, chest pains, dizziness, and abnormal
13racing heart rate.
AB82,2,1514 (b) Information about electrocardiogram testing, including the potential risks,
15benefits, and evidentiary basis behind electrocardiogram testing.
AB82,2,1916 (c) Information about how to request, from a pupil's health care provider, the
17administration of an electrocardiogram, in addition to a comprehensive physical
18examination required to participate in a youth athletic activity, at a cost to be
19incurred by the pupil's parent or guardian.
AB82,3,7
1(3) (a) At the beginning of a season for a youth athletic activity, the person
2operating the youth athletic activity shall distribute a sudden cardiac arrest
3information sheet to each person who will be coaching that youth athletic activity
4and to each person who wishes to participate in that youth athletic activity. No
5person may participate in a youth athletic activity unless the person returns the
6information sheet signed by the person and, if he or she is under the age of 19, by his
7or her parent or guardian.
AB82,3,128 (b) 1. Notwithstanding par. (a), the exception provided under s. 118.293 (3) (b)
91. applies to the requirement for a private or public school to distribute a sudden
10cardiac arrest information sheet and the exception provided under s. 118.293 (3) (b)
112. applies to the requirement for a private club to distribute a sudden cardiac arrest
12information sheet.
AB82,3,14 13(4) This section does not create any liability for, or a cause of action against,
14any person.
AB82,2 15Section 2. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB82,4,316 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
1766.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
18115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445,
19118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125
20to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18,
21118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10),
22118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.2935, 118.30 to
23118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5),
24and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35),
25(37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable

1to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this
2chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred
3to an opportunity schools and partnership program.
AB82,3 4Section 3. Initial applicability.
AB82,4,75 (1) The treatment of s. 118.2935 (3) first applies to a youth athletic activity
6season that begins on the first day of the 4th month after the effective date of this
7subsection.
AB82,4,88 (End)
Loading...
Loading...