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The Zackery Lystedt Youth Sports Concussion Law: How to pass a similar state law

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The conference on the Zackery Lystedt Youth Sports Concussion Law was held on Oct. 9, 2010 at the Seattle Seahawks facility in Renton, Wash., and hosted by the National Football League and the Brain Injury Association of the State of Washington. This segment contains details on how to pass a similar state law and features remarks from:

» Stanley Herring, MD, Co-Medical Director Seattle Sports Concussion Program at Harborview Medical Center and Medical Director of Spine Care at University of Washington Medicine, Team Physician for the Seattle Seahawks; sherring@u.washington.edu
» Richard H. Adler, Founding Principal of Adler Giersch ps law offices and Chairman of the Executive Board of the Brain Injury Association of Washington; radler@adlergiersch.com
» Washington State Representative Jay Rodne, 5th District of Seattle; jayr@snoqualmiehospital.org
» Lisa Thatcher, Lobbyist for the Brain Injury Association of Washington; lisathatcher@comcast.net
» Mike Colbrese, Executive Director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association; colbrese@WIAA.COM
» Jen Carroll, Washington State Athletic Trainers Association; jennifer.carrol25@gmail.com
» Doug Andreassen, President of Washington State Youth Soccer Association; statepresident@washingtonyouthsoccer.org
» Dick Langham, Canfield & Associates - Insurance & Risk Management Specialist; rlangum@canfield-associates.com
» Kevin Griffin, Director of Fan Development & Community Relations, Seattle Sounders FC and Seattle Seahawks; keving@seahawkssoundersfc.com
» Hunt Batjer, MD, Neurosurgeon & Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Co-Medical Director of the NFL's Head, Neck and Spine Committee
» Richard G. Ellenbogen, MD, Co-Medical Director of the NFL's Head, Neck and Spine Committee and Chief of Neurological Surgery at UW Medical and Seattle Children's' Hospital » Jim Whitehead, Executive Director, American College of Sports Medicine; jwhitehead@acsm.org
» Jeff Miller, NFL Vice President of Government Relations and Public Policy; jeff.miller@nfl.com