HB3258 Summary

• Requires associations and entities governing high school interscholastic athletics in Illinois to hold a pre-competition medical meeting before any athletic activity beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.

• Meeting participants must include game administrators, game officials, a qualified medical professional (paramedic, EMT, physician, nurse, or athletic trainer), and head coaches from each participating team.

• If a qualified medical professional is unavailable, a school employee who has completed first aid and CPR training must attend the meeting in their place.

• During the meeting, participants must review assigned game administrators, on-site medical professional availability, the school's emergency action plan, presence of an automated external defibrillator, and locations of emergency exits and entrances.

• Game officials must report to the organizing entity if they determine a qualified medical professional is absent, the school lacks an automated external defibrillator, or there is no emergency action plan.