New York S 5198: Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of eating disorders as an integral part of their health education programs

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S05198 Summary:

BILL NOS05198 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08157

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRBROUK, GIANARIS, HINCHEY, KRUEGER, LIU, RIVERA, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §804, Ed L

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

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BILL NOS05198 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5198

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, BROUK, GIANARIS, HINCHEY, KRUEGER,
 LIU, RIVERA, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed 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:

 1 Section 1. The section heading of section 804 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 390 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdi-
 3 vision 5-a is added to read as follows:
 4 Health education regarding mental health, alcohol, drugs, tobacco
 5 abuse, eating disorders and the prevention and detection of certain
 6 cancers.
 7 5-a. All schools shall include, as an integral part of health educa-
 8 tion provided for all students in grades six through twelve, instruction
 9 regarding the prevention of eating disorders as a component of their
 10 nutrition programs. Such instruction shall be designed according to the
 11 age-appropriate needs and abilities of the pupils at successive grade
 12 levels, with the purpose of fostering and developing healthy self-image
 13 and preparing pupils to live healthy lives. In developing such instruc-
 14 tion, the commissioner may consult with the comprehensive care centers
 15 for eating disorders established pursuant to article thirty of the
 16 mental hygiene law.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next
 18 succeeding the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective
 19 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu-
 20 lation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
 21 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.
 LBD07741-01-5

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