STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4371 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 7, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 requiring a certified dietitian on-site during hours of operation at a comprehen- sive care center for eating disorders The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 30.04 of the mental hygiene law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. The applicant has a certified dietitian as defined in section 4 eight thousand one of the education law on-site during hours of opera- 5 tion. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08598-01-3