KLTV) - The Texas House of Representatives has tentatively passed a bill that would require student athletes to have heart screenings. It's in an effort to prevent deaths from sudden cardiac arrest, but not everyone believes mandatory EKG's are a good idea.
"It is absolutely devastating when you have a young athlete pass out or drop dead in the middle of their game," Trinity Mother Frances cardiologist Stan Weiner said.
That's why when it comes to high school athletics, coaches are on board with putting their athletes health at the fore front.
"Anything that you can do to help out with the kids safety and health issues, I think you need to go that route," John Tyler head football coach Ricklan Holmes said.
The Texas House is doing everything it can put safety first. It recently passed a bill that will require high school students to get an EKG test in order to play sports.
"If it is a test that is recommended by cardiologist and they believe the accuracy is there then I would feel great having my kids go through that before they started practice," Bishop Gorman head football coach Coby Gipson said.
But not everyone is for the proposed bill. 62 state representatives including district six representative Matt Schaefer voted against the measure. Schaefer says the tests provide too many false positives. Those then lead to high costs for the families of students athletes that need to get follow up tests.
"The cost of the EKG is not that great," Weiner said. "But if the EKG turns up abnormal then additional evaluation could be very costly with visits to the doctor and echocardiography."
And Trinity Mother Frances cardiologist Stan Wiener says false positives are common.
"If you do an EKG on everybody that walks in the door there are going to be a higher portion of EKG's that are specifically abnormal," Weiner said. "Meaning it is abnormal, but it doesn't really tell you that there is a problem."
That leaves many coaches and doctors wondering if this proposes bill is the way to go.
"Prevention of a tragic accident would be great, but it has to make sense financially and you have to ensure accuracy," Gipson said.
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