Requires the department of education, in consultation with the department of health, to develop informational materials on type 1 diabetes; requires such materials to be made available to schools providing elementary education through the department's website; requires schools to distribute such materials to parents and guardians of elementary school students and new students.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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11057
IN ASSEMBLY
April 24, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the development and
distribution of type 1 diabetes informational materials for parents
and guardians of students
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 927 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 927. Type 1 diabetes informational materials. 1. The department, in
4 consultation with the department of health, shall develop informational
5 materials on type 1 diabetes. Such informational materials shall be made
6 available through the department's website to each school district,
7 board of cooperative educational services, charter school, and any other
8 school providing elementary education. The informational materials shall
9 be made available in English, Spanish, and any other language that is
10 required by law or that the office deems appropriate.
11 2. At the beginning of the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twen-
12 ty-seven school year, the board of education or trustees of each school
13 district and the governing body of each charter school shall provide the
14 type 1 diabetes informational materials to the parent or guardian of
15 each student enrolled in the school district or school. Thereafter,
16 such information shall be provided to the parent or guardian of each new
17 student upon initial enrollment in the school district or school at any
18 grade level.
19 3. Information provided to parents and guardians pursuant to this
20 section shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the follow-
21 ing:
22 (a) A description of type 1 diabetes;
23 (b) A description of the risk factors and warning signs associated
24 with type 1 diabetes;
25 (c) A recommendation that parents or guardians of students displaying
26 warning signs associated with type 1 diabetes should immediately consult
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 with the student's primary care provider to determine if autoantibody
2 screening for type 1 diabetes is appropriate;
3 (d) A description of the autoantibody screening process for type 1
4 diabetes and the implications of test results; and
5 (e) A recommendation that, following a positive autoantibody test for
6 type 1 diabetes, parents or guardians should consult with the student's
7 primary care provider to develop an appropriate treatment plan, which
8 may include consultation with and examination by a specialty care
9 provider, including, but not limited to, a properly qualified endocri-
10 nologist.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
