Assembly Bill A3722

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of eating disorders as an integral part of their health education programs

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A3722 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3182
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §804, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9018, S7094
2021-2022: A2007, S1346

2023-A3722 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of eating disorders as an integral part of their health education programs.

2023-A3722 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3722
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GONZALEZ-ROJAS, EPSTEIN, MAMDANI, GALLAGHER,
   FORREST -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  schools  to
   include  instruction on the prevention of eating disorders as an inte-
   gral part of their health education programs

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading of section 804 of the education law, as
 amended  by chapter 390 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdi-
 vision 5-a is added to read as follows:
   Health education regarding  mental  health,  alcohol,  drugs,  tobacco
 abuse,  EATING  DISORDERS  and  the  prevention and detection of certain
 cancers.
   5-A. ALL SCHOOLS SHALL INCLUDE, AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF  HEALTH  EDUCA-
 TION PROVIDED FOR ALL STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH TWELVE, INSTRUCTION
 REGARDING  THE  PREVENTION  OF  EATING DISORDERS AS A COMPONENT OF THEIR
 NUTRITION PROGRAMS. SUCH INSTRUCTION SHALL BE DESIGNED ACCORDING TO  THE
 AGE-APPROPRIATE  NEEDS  AND  ABILITIES OF THE PUPILS AT SUCCESSIVE GRADE
 LEVELS, WITH THE PURPOSE OF FOSTERING AND DEVELOPING HEALTHY  SELF-IMAGE
 AND  PREPARING PUPILS TO LIVE HEALTHY LIVES. IN DEVELOPING SUCH INSTRUC-
 TION, THE COMMISSIONER MAY CONSULT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE  CARE  CENTERS
 FOR  EATING  DISORDERS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-SEVEN-J OF
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
 succeeding  the  date  upon  which it shall have become a law. Effective
 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regu-
 lation  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective
 date are authorized to be made on or before such date.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07864-01-3

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