2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 4-A - Employment and Education of Child Performers › 154 - Child Performer Advisory Board to Prevent Eating Disorders.

§  154. Child performer advisory board to prevent eating disorders. 1.
  The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner  of  health  and
  the  commissioner  of  mental  health, shall establish a child performer
  advisory board for  the  purpose  of  recommending  guidelines  for  the
  employment  of child performers and models under the age of eighteen and
  preventing eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
  amongst such persons. The advisory  board  shall  consist  of  at  least
  sixteen  but  no more than twenty members appointed by the commissioner,
  and shall include:  representatives  of  professional  organizations  or
  unions  representing  child performers or models; employers representing
  child performers or models; physicians, nutritionists and mental  health
  professionals  with  demonstrated  expertise  in  treating patients with
  eating  disorders;  at  least  one  representative  from  each  of   the
  comprehensive  care centers for eating disorders established pursuant to
  article thirty of the mental hygiene law; advocacy organizations working
  to  prevent  and  treat  eating  disorders;  and  other  members  deemed
  necessary  by  the commissioner. In addition, the commissioner of health
  and the commissioner of mental health, or their designees,  shall  serve
  on  the  advisory board. The members of the advisory board shall receive
  no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed their  actual
  and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
2.  The advisory board is authorized to develop recommendations to the
  commissioner establishing guidelines relating to the employment of child
  performers and  models  under  the  age  of  eighteen  for  purposes  of
  preventing and accessing treatment for eating disorders such as anorexia
  nervosa  and  bulimia  nervosa amongst such child performers and models.
  When developing such guidelines, the advisory board shall  consider  (a)
  body mass index standards or weight and height standards, (b) employment
  restrictions for persons diagnosed with or suspected of having an eating
  disorder,  (c) requiring medical or mental health screenings, by medical
  or mental  health  professionals  with  demonstrated  expertise  in  the
  diagnosis  and  treatment  of eating disorders, for persons suspected of
  having an eating disorder, and (d) requiring referrals for treatment  of
  eating disorders.
3.  The  advisory  board  shall  further  develop  recommendations for
  educational and informational materials for such  child  performers  and
  models,  their  parents  and/or  guardians and their employers regarding
  awareness  and  recognition  of  eating  disorders,  and  referral   and
  treatment  information  of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and
  bulimia nervosa.
4. The commissioner shall consider the  recommendations  developed  by
  the   advisory  board,  which  include  employment  guidelines  and  the
  development of educational and informational materials pursuant to  this
  section,  when adopting, promulgating, amending and rescinding the rules
  and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of  this  section.
  The  advisory  board  shall  report  to  the  commissioner regarding its
  recommendations,  including  the  guidelines,  programs   and   findings
  developed pursuant to this section.