Bill Text: NY S02530 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 2530 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Establishes the eating disorders awareness and prevention program in the department of health.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-16 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5294A [S02530 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02530-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2530--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 18, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced by Sens. HANNON, ADDABBO, AVELLA, BOYLE, DeFRANCISCO, GRISAN-
         TI, PARKER, ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
         to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on Health -- recommitted to the
         Committee on Health 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 public health law, in relation to  establishing  the
         eating disorders awareness and prevention program
         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 207 of the public  health  law  is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
    3    (J)  THE  EATING  DISORDERS  AWARENESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAM SHALL BE
    4  DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE AWARENESS  OF  EATING  DISORDERS  AND  AVAILABLE
    5  SERVICES,  AS WELL AS TO PREVENT AND REDUCE THE INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE
    6  OF EATING DISORDERS, ESPECIALLY AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05353-07-4