Requires College Heat Illness Emergency Plans

Student athletes at participating colleges would have clearer steps for heat illness, and coaches and trainers would practice them. Colleges would need to write, post, and report on the plans each year.

• Requires colleges in federal student aid programs and athletic conferences to write venue-specific heat illness emergency plans
• Requires symptom guides and care steps posted in locker rooms, training areas, weight rooms, and stadiums
• Requires plans to be posted online at the start of each academic year and shared with local emergency responders
• Requires staff and student athletes to rehearse the plan in person before in-person training starts
• Requires colleges to submit a yearly report showing they follow these rules

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Would require colleges in federal student aid programs and athletic conferences to write and rehearse heat illness emergency plans for each sports venue. Colleges would also report yearly on whether they follow the rules.

Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act

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