Concussion management is nothing new, but the recently announced IMPACT program is, at least for high schools. “When we were reviewing the current policy that’s in place for the Newton school board and comparing that to the mandatory Georgia law that was put into effect back in 2013 by Governor Deal we noticed that it was pretty much the same thing,” Dr. Ryan Tomlins said. Tomlins, who made the presentation along with Dr. Renee Riley, have been working with concussions for some time and decided to do more than what Governor Nathan Deal’s bill dictates.