Establishes the eating disorders in children task force to study and create a standardized approach to, and develop best practices and guidelines for awareness, recognition, and treatment of eating disorders in children.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7247
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 19, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing the
eating disorders in children task force
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
2 30.07 to read as follows:
3 § 30.07 Eating disorders in children task force.
4 1. The commissioner shall convene an eating disorders in children task
5 force to study and create a standardized approach to, and develop best
6 practices and guidelines for awareness, recognition, and treatment of
7 eating disorders in children.
8 2. (a) The task force shall be chaired by the commissioner or by such
9 officer or employee of the department as shall be designated by the
10 commissioner. The task force shall consist of at least eleven members
11 appointed by the commissioner. The membership of the task force shall
12 include: the commissioner of health or their designee, the commissioner
13 of mental health or their designee, the commissioner of education or
14 their designee, one representative from New York chapter one of the
15 American Academy of Pediatrics, one representative from New York chapter
16 two of the American Academy of Pediatrics, one representative from New
17 York chapter three of the American Academy of Pediatrics, physicians,
18 nutritionists and mental health professionals with demonstrated exper-
19 tise in treating children with an eating disorder, at least one repre-
20 sentative from each of the comprehensive care centers for eating disor-
21 ders established pursuant to this article, advocacy organizations
22 working to prevent and treat eating disorders, one member from the New
23 York state psychiatric association, and other members deemed necessary
24 by the commissioner.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (b) The members of the task force shall receive no compensation for
2 their services but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses
3 incurred in the performance of their duties.
4 3. Such task force shall establish recommendations, for use by pedia-
5 tric primary care providers, for best practice protocols and guidelines
6 for appropriate screening of children for eating disorders, as defined
7 by subdivision (a) of section 30.02 of this article. Such recommenda-
8 tions shall incorporate the standards and guidelines established by the
9 American Academy of Pediatrics, but shall not be limited to such stand-
10 ards and guidelines.
11 4. The task force shall further develop recommendations for educa-
12 tional and informational materials for such children, their
13 parents/guardians, and educators regarding awareness, recognition, and
14 treatment of eating disorders.
15 5. The commissioner shall promulgate any rules and regulations neces-
16 sary to implement the provisions of this section.
17 6. The task force shall provide an initial report to the governor,
18 temporary president of the senate, minority leader of the senate, speak-
19 er of the assembly, minority leader of the assembly, the chair of the
20 senate committee on health, the chair of the senate committee on mental
21 health, the chair of the senate committee on education, the chair of the
22 assembly committee on health, the chair of the assembly committee on
23 mental health, and the chair of the assembly committee on education of
24 its findings, conclusions, recommendations and activities already under-
25 taken by the task force, not later than one year after the effective
26 date of this section, and shall provide a report every two years there-
27 after with updated findings, conclusions and recommendations and shall
28 submit with such biennial report legislative proposals as it deems
29 necessary to implement its recommendations.
30 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
