By: Patterson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 1080          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2021;   May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on   Education; May 14, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 14, 2021, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the eligibility for participation in University   Interscholastic League activities of certain public school   students who receive outpatient mental health services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 33.0832 to read as follows:          Sec. 33.0832.  PARTICIPATION IN UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC   LEAGUE ACTIVITIES BY STUDENTS RECEIVING OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH   SERVICES. (a) This section applies to a student who:                (1)  receives outpatient mental health services from a   mental health facility, as defined by Section 571.003, Health and   Safety Code; and                (2)  is enrolled in a school district or   open-enrollment charter school or otherwise receives public   education services from a district or school.          (b)  The University Interscholastic League shall ensure that   league rules do not exclude from eligibility for participation in a   league activity a student to whom this section applies based solely   on the criteria described in Subsection (a)(1).          (c)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may   not adopt or enforce policies that restrict participation in   University Interscholastic League activities by a student to whom   this section applies based solely on:                (1)  the criteria described in Subsection (a)(1); or                (2)  the student's absence during instructional time   while receiving outpatient mental health services as described by   Subsection (a)(1).          (d)  This section does not exempt a student to whom this   section applies from any eligibility requirement for participation   in University Interscholastic League activities other than an   eligibility requirement based solely on the criteria described in   Subsection (a)(1).          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act:                (1)  the University Interscholastic League shall   propose or amend rules as necessary to comply with Section 33.0832,   Education Code, as added by this Act; and                (2)  a school district or open-enrollment charter   school shall propose or amend policies as necessary to comply with   Section 33.0832, Education Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2021.     * * * * *