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S10457 • 2025

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

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

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Sponsor
Erik Bottcher
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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

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

What This Bill Does

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

  1. 2026-05-15 Senate

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Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10457

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 15, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  BOTTCHER, 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