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Committee adopts amendment to expand Coach Safely youth-training program
Summary
A committee adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 140 to expand and clarify the Coach Safely youth-coach training program and add a compliance-notification and fine structure; the bill received a favorable report as amended.
Senator Wagner told the Children and Senior Advocacy Committee on Monday that Senate Bill 140 would expand a 2018 program known as the Coach Safely Act that trains volunteer youth coaches to recognize and respond to minor athletic injuries.
The amendment adopted in committee sets a process for the Department of Public Health to notify associations that fail to comply and creates a fine schedule: $2,200 for youth athletic associations with fewer than 100 coaches and $10 per coach for associations with 100 or more coaches. Senator Wagner said the program has trained “over 70,000 coaches” and reached “65 counties and…
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