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S05476 Summary:

BILL NOS05476 

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Add Art 25 Title 7-A §2596, Pub Health L; add §805, Ed L

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Establishes a statewide youth mental health and social media campaign to promote public awareness of the impacts of social media usage on mental health; requires a course of study on social media usage for all students.

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5476

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
 to establishing a statewide youth mental health and social media
 campaign to promote public awareness of the impacts of social media
 usage on mental health

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

 1 Section 1. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 2 new title 7-A to read as follows:

 3 TITLE VII-A
 4 SOCIAL MEDIA

 5 Section 2596. Statewide youth mental health and social media campaign.
 6 § 2596. Statewide youth mental health and social media campaign. 1.
 7 The commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner of education, the
 8 commissioner of mental health, and the director of the office of infor-
 9 mation technology services, shall establish a statewide youth mental
 10 health and social media campaign to promote public awareness of the
 11 impacts of social media usage on mental health. Such program shall be
 12 directed at children and young adults, their parents, and educators.
 13 2. Such program shall include, but not be limited to:
 14 a. educating people on the negative impacts social media can have on
 15 young people's mental health;
 16 b. promoting public awareness of existing research and statistics
 17 regarding youth mental health and social media use;
 18 c. educating people on techniques to reduce feelings of isolation and
 19 anxiety, increase sleep quality, and reduce the effects on mental health
 20 caused by cyberbullying;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09694-01-5

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 1 d. promoting healthy behaviors related to young people's use of social
 2 media;
 3 e. increasing awareness of and access to youth mental health
 4 resources; and
 5 f. promoting alternative methods of self-expression.
 6 3. On or before July first of each year, the commissioner, in conjunc-
 7 tion with the commissioner of education, the commissioner of mental
 8 health, and the director of the office of information technology
 9 services, shall submit a report to the governor, the speaker of the
 10 assembly, and the temporary president of the senate on the effectiveness
 11 of the statewide youth mental health and social media campaign and
 12 recommendations on changes which should be made to any laws, rules, or
 13 regulations relating thereto.
 14 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 805 to read
 15 as follows:
 16 § 805. Courses of study on social media usage. 1. The regents shall
 17 ensure that the course of instruction in grades kindergarten through
 18 twelve includes a component on social media usage. Such component shall
 19 instruct students on:
 20 (a) the negative impacts social media can have on mental health;
 21 (b) research and statistics regarding youth mental health and social
 22 media use;
 23 (c) techniques to reduce feelings of isolation and anxiety, increase
 24 sleep quality, and reduce the effects on mental health caused by cyber-
 25 bullying;
 26 (d) healthy social media use behaviors;
 27 (e) mental health resources available to students; and
 28 (f) methods of self-expression other than social media.
 29 2. The commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner of health,
 30 the commissioner of mental hea