Title: Eating Disorder Prevention in Schools Act of 2020
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Eating Disorder Prevention in Schools Act of 2020
This bill requires local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the school lunch or breakfast programs to include goals for reducing disordered eating in children of all sizes in their local school wellness policies. Such LEAs must also include registered dietitians and licensed mental health professionals in the development, implementation, and periodic review of such policies.
The bill also requires the Department of Agriculture to provide information and technical assistance to LEAs, school food authorities, school health professionals, and state educational agencies for use in establishing healthy school environments. Such technical assistance must promote eating disorder prevention and encourage screening for such disorders.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6703 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6703

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to include 
eating disorder prevention within local school wellness policy, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 2020

 Ms. Adams (for herself, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Vela, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
    Deutch, and Mr. Katko) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to include 
eating disorder prevention within local school wellness policy, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Eating Disorder Prevention in 
Schools Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. LOCAL SCHOOL WELLNESS POLICY.

    Section 9A of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1758b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``reduction of 
                disordered eating in children of all sizes,'' after 
                ``activity,''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``registered 
                dietitians, licensed mental health professionals,'' 
                after ``administrators,''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``Education'' and inserting 
                        ``Education, the Administrator of the Substance 
                        Abuse and Mental Health Services 
                        Administration,''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``school health 
                        professionals,'' before ``and State'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ``required to 
                promote sound nutrition and establish'' and inserting 
                the following: ``required--
                            ``(i) to promote sound nutrition and eating 
                        disorder prevention and encourage screening; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) to establish''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and 
                        the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 
                        Mental Health Services Administration'' after 
                        ``Prevention'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``2014'' and inserting ``2024''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
                        ``2011'' and inserting ``2021''.
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