Jake Snakenberg Youth Concussion Act Progresses through Colorado's Senate

Yesterday the Jake Snakenberg Youth Concussion Act, SB11-040, passed 7-2 in Colorado's Health and Human Services Senate Hearing Committee and is now on to the full Senate and then to the House.  We've been monitoring this bill which requires coaches who deal with 11-18 year old athletes in Colorado schools, private sports clubs, and recreation centers to attend annual concussion recognition courses.  It also requires coaches to remove the player from the game, competition, or even practice if they suspect that the young athlete has sustained a concussion. 

For more information on the training that the bill would require coaches to go through, see: http://concussion.orcasinc.com/

The complete bill, as introduced, together with the bill’s history can be found at: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A9CE9CEE12645CAA8725780800800D80?open&file=040_01.pdf