HB4341 - CTE Prevention Act

• Prohibits children under 12 years old from participating in tackle football offered by organized youth sports programs, including public and private schools, charter schools, park districts, and athletic associations.

• Permits children under 12 to participate in all other athletic activities through organized youth sports programs, specifically including touch football and flag football.

• Defines "tackle football" as any practice or game of American football where physical contact is used to force opposing players to the ground.

• Establishes the act based on findings that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is caused by repetitive head impacts and that exposure to tackle football before age 12 carries greater risk of neurological impairment compared to starting at or after age 12.