 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           984
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 5, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  clarifying  health
          education
 
          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 804  of  the  education  law,  as
     2  amended  by  a  chapter  of the laws of 2016, amending the education law
     3  relating to clarifying health  education,  as  proposed  in  legislative
     4  bills numbers S.  6046-A and A. 3887-B, is amended to read as follows:
     5    1. All schools [under the jurisdiction of the department] shall ensure
     6  that  their  health education programs recognize the multiple dimensions
     7  of health by including mental health and the relation  of  physical  and
     8  mental  health  so  as  to  enhance student understanding, attitudes and
     9  behaviors that promote health, well-being and human dignity.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    11  manner  as  a  chapter  of  the laws of 2016, amending the education law
    12  relating to clarifying health  education,  as  proposed  in  legislative
    13  bills numbers S. 6046-A and A.  3887-B, takes effect.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07068-01-7
Clarifies health education

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