School health centers will screen students for disordered eating

The commission's executive director shall convene two working groups. One group shall study eating disorder treatment, and the other shall develop a statewide food education roadmap and model school nutrition curriculum. The executive director shall convene both groups by July 1, 2026. A report on their studies is due to the named legislative committees by January 1, 2028, and each year after that.

The Social Services commissioner shall study whether an inpatient psychiatric facility for young people with intellectual or developmental disabilities is feasible. The study covers people ages fourteen through twenty-one, inclusive, who have intellectual or developmental disabilities. The commissioner shall work with the commissioners of Children and Families, Developmental Services, and Mental Health and Addiction Services, and the Office of the Behavioral Health Advocate. The study shall examine the facility's size, treatment practices, operating costs, possible locations, and payment options, including Medicaid. The commissioner shall report the study results to the named legislative committees by July 1, 2027.

Each school-based health center shall use an evidence-based screening tool and provide it to patients during annual health assessments. The duty applies to each school-based health center and its patients in grades six through twelve, inclusive. The tool supplements existing methods for diagnosing disordered eating behaviors. The screening duty applies on and after January 1, 2027.

The Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee shall review the working groups' progress each year. The review covers the eating disorder and food education and nutrition working groups established by the law. This review duty takes effect October 1, 2026.