High School Sports Injury Reporting Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3737 To direct the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to submit a report to Congress on the feasibility of reporting data relating to injuries in high school sports to improve the safety of student athletes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 25, 2023 Mr. VEASEY (for himself and Ms. LEE of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a pe- riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con- sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com- mittee concerned A BILL To direct the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to submit a report to Congress on the feasibility of reporting data relating to injuries in high school sports to improve the safety of student athletes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘High School Sports 4 Injury Reporting Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:02 Jul 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3737.IH H3737 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 3737 IH SEC. 2. REPORT ON FEASABILITY OF REPORTING DATA ON 1 INJURIES IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TO IM- 2 PROVE SAFETY OF STUDENT ATHLETES. 3 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 4 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 5 Human Services, acting through the Director of the Cen- 6 ters for Disease Control and Prevention, shall submit to 7 the appropriate congressional committees a report on high 8 school sports injury reporting. 9 (b) CONTENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 10 shall include the following: 11 (1) A survey to examine how injuries in high 12 school sports are reported in the United States, in- 13 cluding— 14 (A) the kind of data that is available; 15 (B) the tools used to report such data; and 16 (C) the effect of such reporting on the out- 17 comes relating to such injuries. 18 (2) An in-depth evaluation of a State that re- 19 quires reporting data relating to such injuries, in- 20 cluding— 21 (A) the tools that high schools in that 22 State use to conduct such reporting; 23 (B) the ability of such schools to collect 24 such data; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:02 Jul 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3737.IH H3737 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 3737 IH (C) the effect of such reporting on the re- 1 covery of student athletes from such injuries. 2 (3) An analysis of how such reporting affects 3 the number of such injuries and the treatment relat- 4 ing to such injuries. 5 (4) A description of recommendations on how 6 such data reporting helps inform sports safety stat- 7 utes, policies, and practices in the State. 8 (5) What Federal statutes, policies, tools, and 9 practices could be employed to support high schools 10 nationwide in employing robust high school sports 11 injury reporting requirements and systems to im- 12 proves student athlete safety. 13 (6) Any other matters the Secretary considers 14 appropriate. 15 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 16 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- 17 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com- 18 mittees’’ means— 19 (A) the Committees on Appropriations, 20 Education and the Workforce, and Energy and 21 Commerce of the House of Representatives; and 22 (B) the Committees on Appropriations and 23 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 24 Senate. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:02 Jul 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3737.IH H3737 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 3737 IH (2) HIGH SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high school’’ 1 has the meaning given such term in section 8101 of 2 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 3 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:02 Jul 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3737.IH H3737 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB