Assembly Bill A2565

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires schools to implement a method to measure, report, and analyze the body mass index of its students

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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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2013-A2565 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §921, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2628
2011-2012: A922

2013-A2565 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires schools to implement a method to measure, report, and analyze the body mass index of its students.

2013-A2565 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2565

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, BOYLAND, CASTRO -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Educa-
  tion

AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to students' body mass
  index analyses

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 921 to
read as follows:
  S  921. BODY MASS INDEX ANALYSIS AND REPORT. 1. SCHOOLS SHALL ANNUALLY
MEASURE THE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT OF EVERY PUPIL  TO  ANALYZE  EACH  PUPIL'S
BODY  MASS  INDEX PERCENTILE BY AGE AND USE THE RESULTS OF SUCH ANALYSIS
TO FURNISH A REPORT OR LETTER TO THE PUPIL'S PARENTS OR LEGAL  GUARDIANS
CONTAINING  THE  PERCENTILE  INFORMATION, AN EXPLANATION OF THE RESULTS,
GENERAL ADVICE ABOUT WHAT ACTIONS, IF NECESSARY, SHOULD BE TAKEN BY  THE
PARENTS  OR  GUARDIANS  AS  A RESULT OF THE PUPIL'S BODY MASS INDEX, AND
RESOURCE INFORMATION FOR NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INFORMATION AND
SERVICES.
  2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN COOPERATION WITH THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH
SHALL  DEVELOP  REGULATIONS FOR THE MEASUREMENT, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING
OF PUPILS BODY MASS INDEX, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROTECTING  THE
CONFIDENTIALITY  OF  THE  PUPIL  AND  THEIR  PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS,
PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE AGGREGATE OF BODY MASS INDEX ANALYSIS FOR  AN
ENTIRE  SCHOOL  OR SCHOOL DISTRICT POPULATION SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
THE PUBLIC ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly the amendment, addition, and/or repeal of  any  regulation  necessary
for  the  timely  implementation  of  this  act on its effective date is
authorized and directed to be made on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06860-01-3

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