Bill Text: NY S01088 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires public school students to be screened for eating disorders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-13 - PRINT NUMBER 1088A [S01088 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01088-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1088--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 8, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education  --  recommitted
          to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to screening of  students
          for eating disorders
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  903  of  the  education  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  376  of  the  laws  of 2015, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1. A health certificate shall be furnished  by  each  student  in  the
     5  public  schools upon his or her entrance in such schools and upon his or
     6  her entry into the grades prescribed by the commissioner in regulations,
     7  provided that such regulations shall require such certificates at  least
     8  twice during the elementary grades and twice in the secondary grades. An
     9  examination and health history of any child may be required by the local
    10  school authorities at any time in their discretion to promote the educa-
    11  tional  interests  of  such child. Each certificate shall be signed by a
    12  duly licensed physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner, who
    13  is authorized by law to practice in  this  state,  and  consistent  with
    14  subdivision three of section six thousand nine hundred two of this chap-
    15  ter,  or  by  a  duly  licensed physician, physician assistant, or nurse
    16  practitioner, who is authorized to practice in the jurisdiction in which
    17  the examination was given, provided that the commissioner has determined
    18  that such jurisdiction has standards of licensure and practice  compara-
    19  ble  to  those  of  New  York.  Each such certificate shall describe the
    20  condition of the student when the examination was made, which shall  not
    21  be  more than twelve months prior to the commencement of the school year
    22  in which the examination is  required,  and  shall  state  whether  such
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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