Kansas HB 2531: Permitting a licensed chiropractor to evaluate and provide written clearance to a school athlete who has been removed from a sport competition or practice session pursuant to the school sports head injury prevention act.

Bill Text

Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2531
By Committee on Health and Human Services
Requested by Travis Oller on behalf of the Kansas Chiropractic Association
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AN ACT concerning schools; relating to the school sports head injury
prevention act; permitting a licensed chiropractor to evaluate and
provide written clearance to a school athlete who has been removed
from a sport competition or practice session; amending K.S.A. 72-7119
and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 72-7119 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72-
7119. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the school sports
head injury prevention act.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "School" means any public or accredited private high school,
middle school or junior high school.
(2) "Health careHealthcare provider" means a person licensed by the
state board of healing arts to practice:
(A) Medicine and surgery; or
(B) chiropractic who has completed a postgraduate training program
approved by the state board of healing arts in the diagnosis and
management of concussion.
(c) The state board of education, in cooperation with the Kansas state
high school activities association, shall compile information on the nature
and risk of concussion and head injury including the dangers and risks
associated with the continuation of playing or practicing after a person
suffers a concussion or head injury. Such information shall be provided to
school districts for distribution to coaches, school athletes and the parents
or guardians of school athletes.
(d) A school athlete may shall not participate in any sport competition
or practice session unless such athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian
have signed, and returned to the school, a concussion and head injury
information release form. A release form shall be signed and returned each
school year that a student athlete participates in sport competitions or
practice sessions.
(e) If a school athlete suffers, or is suspected of having suffered, a
concussion or head injury during a sport competition or practice session,
such school athlete immediately shall be removed from the sport
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competition or practice session.
(f) Any school athlete who has been removed from a sport
competition or practice session shall not return to competition or practice
until the athlete is evaluated by a health care healthcare provider and the
health care healthcare provider provides such athlete a written clearance to
return to play or practice. If the health care healthcare provider who
provides the clearance to return to play or practice is not an employee of
the school district, such health care healthcare provider shall not be liable
for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in the rendering of
such care, other than acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or
willful or wanton misconduct.
(g) This section shall take effect on and after July 1, 2011.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 72-7119 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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