Bill Text: TX HB1080 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility for participation in University Interscholastic League activities of certain public school students who receive outpatient mental health services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-04 - Effective immediately [HB1080 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1080-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility for participation in University Interscholastic League activities of certain public school students who receive outpatient mental health services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-04 - Effective immediately [HB1080 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1080-Introduced.html
87R5427 GCB-D | ||
By: Patterson | H.B. No. 1080 |
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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. | ||
(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. | ||
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules ensuring that a | ||
student to whom this section applies has reasonable opportunities | ||
to participate in University Interscholastic League activities. | ||
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; | ||
(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; and | ||
(3) the commissioner of education shall approve any | ||
rules proposed under Section 33.0832(b), Education Code, as added | ||
by this Act, and adopt all necessary rules under Subsection (d) of | ||
that section. | ||
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. |