Mississippi Business Journal » concussion tests http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Concussion regulation bills likely to be filed again http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/14/concussion-regulation-bills-likely-to-be-filed-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=concussion-regulation-bills-likely-to-be-filed-again http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/14/concussion-regulation-bills-likely-to-be-filed-again/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:25:20 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=66882 Officials in University of Mississippi Medical Center will again support legislation that establishes guidelines for how to treat concussions in youth sports and requires concussion education among coaches and officials. Three different bills that would have done that died in committee during the 2012 session. Rep. Toby Barker, R-Hattiesburg, authored one of the bills. He [...]

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