Assembly Bill A5151

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes schools to screen for childhood obesity as part of their health services

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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Bill Amendments

2017-A5151 - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§901, 903, 918 & 804-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10259
2013-2014: A2517
2015-2016: A6504

2017-A5151 - Summary

Provides student health certificates may include a diabetes risk analysis; amends provisions relating to school district nutrition advisory committees.

2017-A5151 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5151
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to authorizing the
   screening for childhood obesity and instruction  in  good  health  and
   reducing the incidence of obesity
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 901 of the education law, as amended by chapter 477
 of the laws of 2004, subdivision 1 as amended by section 57 of part  A-1
 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   § 901. School  health  services  to  be  provided.  1.  School  health
 services, as defined in  subdivision  two  of  this  section,  shall  be
 provided  by  each school district for all students attending the public
 schools in this state, except in the city school district of the city of
 New York, as provided in this  article.  School  health  services  shall
 include  the  services  of  a  registered  professional nurse, if one is
 employed, and shall also include such services as  may  be  rendered  as
 provided  in  this  article  in  examining students for the existence of
 disease or disability, OR MAY INCLUDE SERVICES RELATED TO EXAMINING  FOR
 CHILDHOOD OBESITY BASED UPON THE CALCULATION OF EACH STUDENT'S BODY MASS
 INDEX  AND  WEIGHT STATUS CATEGORY PURSUANT TO SECTION NINE HUNDRED FOUR
 OF THIS ARTICLE, and in testing the eyes and ears of such students.
   2. School health services for the purposes of this article shall  mean
 the  several procedures, including, but not limited to, medical examina-
 tions, dental inspection and/or screening, scoliosis  screening,  vision
 screening  [and], audiometer tests, AND MAY INCLUDE CHILDHOOD OBESITY AS
 MEASURED BY BODY MASS INDEX AND  WEIGHT  STATUS  CATEGORY,  designed  to
 determine  the  health  status  of the child; to inform parents or other
 persons in parental relation to the child, pupils and  teachers  of  the
 individual  child's health condition subject to federal and state confi-
 dentiality laws; to guide parents, children and teachers  in  procedures
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2017-A5151A - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§901, 903, 918 & 804-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10259
2013-2014: A2517
2015-2016: A6504

2017-A5151A - Summary

Provides student health certificates may include a diabetes risk analysis; amends provisions relating to school district nutrition advisory committees.

2017-A5151A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5151--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to childhood obesity  and
   instruction in good health and reducing the incidence of obesity

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 901 of the education law, as amended by chapter 477
 of the laws of 2004, subdivision 1 as amended by section 57 of part  A-1
 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   § 901. School  health  services  to  be  provided.  1.  School  health
 services, as defined in  subdivision  two  of  this  section,  shall  be
 provided  by  each school district for all students attending the public
 schools in this state, except in the city school district of the city of
 New York, as provided in this  article.  School  health  services  shall
 include  the  services  of  a  registered  professional nurse, if one is
 employed, and shall also include such services as  may  be  rendered  as
 provided  in  this  article  in  examining students for the existence of
 disease or disability, OR MAY INCLUDE SERVICES RELATED TO EXAMINING  FOR
 CHILDHOOD OBESITY CONDITIONS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION NINE
 HUNDRED  FOUR  OF THIS ARTICLE, and in testing the eyes and ears of such
 students.
   2. School health services for the purposes of this article shall  mean
 the  several procedures, including, but not limited to, medical examina-
 tions, dental inspection and/or screening, scoliosis  screening,  vision
 screening  [and],  audiometer  tests,  AND MAY INCLUDE CHILDHOOD OBESITY
 MEASUREMENTS AS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION NINE  HUNDRED
 FOUR  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  designed to determine the health status of the
 child; to inform parents or other persons in parental  relation  to  the
 child,  pupils  and  teachers of the individual child's health condition
 subject to federal and state confidentiality  laws;  to  guide  parents,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2017-A5151B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§901, 903, 918 & 804-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10259
2013-2014: A2517
2015-2016: A6504

2017-A5151B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides student health certificates may include a diabetes risk analysis; amends provisions relating to school district nutrition advisory committees.

2017-A5151B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5151--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee --  again  reported  from
   said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to childhood obesity  and
   instruction in good health and reducing the incidence of obesity
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 903  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  376  of  the  laws  of 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. A health certificate shall be furnished  by  each  student  in  the
 public  schools upon his or her entrance in such schools and upon his or
 her entry into the grades prescribed by the commissioner in regulations,
 provided that such regulations shall require such certificates at  least
 twice during the elementary grades and twice in the secondary grades. An
 examination and health history of any child may be required by the local
 school authorities at any time in their discretion to promote the educa-
 tional  interests  of  such child. Each certificate shall be signed by a
 duly licensed physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner, who
 is authorized by law to practice in  this  state,  and  consistent  with
 subdivision three of section six thousand nine hundred two of this chap-
 ter,  or  by  a  duly  licensed physician, physician assistant, or nurse
 practitioner, who is authorized to practice in the jurisdiction in which
 the examination was given, provided that the commissioner has determined
 that such jurisdiction has standards of licensure and practice  compara-
 ble  to  those  of  New York.   Each such certificate shall describe the
 condition of the student when the examination was made, which shall  not
 be  more than twelve months prior to the commencement of the school year
 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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