Senate Bill S2724B

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A5151 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2017-S2724 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5151
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§903 & 918, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7113, A10259
2013-2014: S2437, A2517
2015-2016: S1521, A6504

2017-S2724 - Summary

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

2017-S2724 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2724 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2724
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KLEIN, DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed 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.
              

co-Sponsors

2017-S2724A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5151
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§903 & 918, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7113, A10259
2013-2014: S2437, A2517
2015-2016: S1521, A6504

2017-S2724A - Summary

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

2017-S2724A - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2724A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2724--A
     Cal. No. 830
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KLEIN, DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
   amended  on  second  report,  ordered  to  a  third reading, and to be
   reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third  read-
   ing
 
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

co-Sponsors

2017-S2724B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5151
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§903 & 918, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7113, A10259
2013-2014: S2437, A2517
2015-2016: S1521, A6504

2017-S2724B (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-S2724B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2724B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2724--B
     Cal. No. 830
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KLEIN, DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
   amended  on  second  report,  ordered  to  a  third reading, and to be
   reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third  read-
   ing -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
   order of third reading
 
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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