Requires the commissioner of health to establish, for use by pediatric primary care providers, best practice protocols for early screening of children for eating disorders.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5870
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 15, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the screening of
children for eating disorders
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 2500-l to read as follows:
3 § 2500-l. Eating disorders; screening of children. 1. The commissioner
4 shall establish, for use by pediatric primary care providers, best prac-
5 tice protocols for early screening of children for eating disorders.
6 Such protocols shall incorporate standards and guidelines established by
7 the American Academy of Pediatrics, and shall be updated at least bien-
8 nially.
9 2. The commissioner shall promulgate any rules and regulations neces-
10 sary to implement the provisions of this section.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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