Mental Health Training in Concussion Education

The bill requires a coach of an organized youth athletic activity to take an annual mental health education course and inform parents or guardians of a youth athlete who sustains a concussion of possible changes in mental health as a result of a concussion.The bill requires the concussion recognition education course for youth athletic coaches in middle, junior, and high schools to include information on the relationship between concussions and mental health.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)