Senate Bill S7247

                             
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                                   7247
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               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:
 
   Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
 30.07 to read as follows:
 § 30.07 EATING DISORDERS IN CHILDREN TASK FORCE.
   1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONVENE AN 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.
   2.  (A) THE TASK FORCE SHALL BE CHAIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR BY SUCH
 OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT AS  SHALL  BE  DESIGNATED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER.    THE TASK FORCE SHALL CONSIST OF AT LEAST ELEVEN MEMBERS
 APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE  TASK  FORCE  SHALL
 INCLUDE:  THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH OR THEIR DESIGNEE, THE COMMISSIONER
 OF  MENTAL  HEALTH  OR  THEIR DESIGNEE, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION OR
 THEIR DESIGNEE, ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM NEW  YORK  CHAPTER  ONE  OF  THE
 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM NEW YORK CHAPTER
 TWO  OF  THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM NEW
 YORK CHAPTER THREE OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY  OF  PEDIATRICS,  PHYSICIANS,
 NUTRITIONISTS  AND  MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WITH DEMONSTRATED EXPER-
 TISE IN TREATING CHILDREN WITH AN EATING DISORDER, AT LEAST  ONE  REPRE-
 SENTATIVE  FROM EACH OF THE COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTERS FOR EATING DISOR-
 DERS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  ARTICLE,  ADVOCACY  ORGANIZATIONS
 WORKING  TO  PREVENT AND TREAT EATING DISORDERS, ONE MEMBER FROM THE NEW
 YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, AND OTHER MEMBERS  DEEMED  NECESSARY
 BY THE COMMISSIONER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (B)  THE  MEMBERS  OF THE TASK FORCE SHALL RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR
 THEIR SERVICES BUT SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES
 INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.
   3.  SUCH TASK FORCE SHALL ESTABLISH RECOMMENDATIONS, FOR USE BY PEDIA-
 TRIC PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS, FOR BEST PRACTICE PROTOCOLS AND  GUIDELINES
 FOR  APPROPRIATE  SCREENING OF CHILDREN FOR EATING DISORDERS, AS DEFINED
 BY SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION 30.02 OF THIS  ARTICLE.  SUCH  RECOMMENDA-
 TIONS  SHALL INCORPORATE THE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE
 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO SUCH  STAND-
 ARDS AND GUIDELINES.
   4.  THE  TASK  FORCE  SHALL FURTHER DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EDUCA-
 TIONAL  AND   INFORMATIONAL   MATERIALS   FOR   SUCH   CHILDREN,   THEIR
 PARENTS/GUARDIANS,  AND  EDUCATORS REGARDING AWARENESS, RECOGNITION, AND
 TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS.
   5. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS  NECES-
 SARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   6.  THE  TASK  FORCE  SHALL PROVIDE AN INITIAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR,
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, SPEAK-
 ER OF THE ASSEMBLY, MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE  CHAIR  OF  THE
 SENATE  COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON MENTAL
 HEALTH, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, THE CHAIR OF THE
 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, THE CHAIR OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  COMMITTEE  ON
 MENTAL  HEALTH,  AND THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OF
 ITS FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIVITIES ALREADY UNDER-
 TAKEN BY THE TASK FORCE, NOT LATER THAN ONE  YEAR  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE
 DATE  OF THIS SECTION, AND SHALL PROVIDE A REPORT EVERY TWO YEARS THERE-
 AFTER WITH UPDATED FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS  AND  SHALL
 SUBMIT  WITH  SUCH  BIENNIAL  REPORT  LEGISLATIVE  PROPOSALS AS IT DEEMS
 NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.