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A04111 Summary:

BILL NOA04111 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05944

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SPONSORSayegh

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §905-a, Ed L; amd §206, Pub Health L

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Requires annual screenings for depression of students in grades seven through twelve; requires the department of education and the department of health to review data pertaining to the results of such screenings for local and statewide trends concerning teenage depression.

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BILL NOA04111 

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01/31/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4111

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
 to requiring annual screenings for depression of students in grades
 seven through twelve

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 905-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 905-a. Screening examination for depression. 1. The director of
 4 school health services of each school district in this state that is
 5 required to provide school health services, or the health department or
 6 agency otherwise responsible to provide such services, shall conduct
 7 annual screening examinations for depression of all students in grades
 8 seven through twelve. The screening shall be administered by a qualified
 9 professional and shall consist of the Patient Health Questionnaire 2 or
 10 an equivalent depression screening tool, as determined by the commis-
 11 sioner, with the assistance of the commissioner of health. The screen-
 12 ings shall be conducted in a manner that ensures the privacy of the
 13 student during the screening process and the confidentiality of the
 14 results consistent with state and federal laws applicable to the confi-
 15 dentiality of student records. The department, with the assistance of
 16 the department of health, shall establish standards on the procedures to
 17 be implemented to conduct the screenings for depression and provide for
 18 other screening tools, including, but not limited to, a screening tool
 19 for anxiety, such as the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 or an equivalent
 20 anxiety screening tool, as determined by the commissioner, with the
 21 assistance of the commissioner of health.
 22 2. The positive results of any such screening examinations of students
 23 for depression shall be in writing and the parent of, or person in
 24 parental relation to, any child whose screening for depression detects a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06585-01-5

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 1 suspected deviation from the recommended standard shall be advised of
 2 such results by the school authorities within ninety days after such
 3 detection of a suspected deviation is made. The school authorities shall
 4 inform the parent, or person in parental relation, that the screening is
 5 not a diagnosis and shall encourage the parent, or person in parental
 6 relation, to share the results of the screening with the student's
 7 primary care physician.
 8 3. The school authorities shall forward data collected from screenings
 9 administered pursuant to this section to the department and the depart-
 10 ment of health, provided that any data forwarded shall be aggregated and
 11 shall not contain any identifying or confidential information with
 12 regard to any individual. Data collected by the departments pursuant to
 13 this subdivision shall be used by the departments to identify statewide
 14 trends concerning teenage depression and to develop school and community
 15 based initiatives to address teenage depression.
 16 4. As used in this section, "qualified professional" means a school
 17 psychologist, school nurse, school counselor, student assistance coordi-
 18 nator, school social worker, or physician.
 19 §