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NY A09600

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/21/2026

Primary Sponsor

Jenifer Rajkumar

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Adds avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) to the legal definition of "eating disorder" in New York's mental hygiene law, alongside anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating disorder

  • Updates the diagnostic reference standard from the outdated ICD-9-CM to "the most current edition" of the International Classification of Disease or DSM

  • Aligns the public health law's eating disorders awareness and prevention program with the updated mental hygiene law definition

  • Takes effect immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

Includes avoidant/restrictive food intake disorders as eating disorders for the purposes of mental health.

Last Action

referred to mental health

1/21/2026

Committee Referrals

Mental Health1/21/2026

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