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S 3329

Establishes Office of Disordered Eating Prevention and Disordered Eating Prevention Research Grant Program in DOH; makes appropriation.

2024-2025 Regular Session Introduced by Kristin Corrado and 1 co-sponsor

Creates the Office of Disordered Eating Prevention in DOH and a grant program to fund research, education, and prevention, focusing on at‑risk groups; annual reports.

Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
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Bill Summary · S 3329

Summary: S 3329 – Office of Disordered Eating Prevention and Disordered Eating Prevention Research Grant Program

Purpose and intent

  • Establishes the Office of Disordered Eating Prevention within the Department of Health (DOH).
  • Creates the Disordered Eating Prevention Research Grant Program to fund research on root causes, risk factors, and protective factors related to disordered eating across youth, adults, and older residents.
  • Aims to increase awareness, prevention, and education about disordered eating, with particular attention to disproportionately affected groups (people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, youth, and older residents).

Key provisions

Establishment and duties

  • Create the Office of Disordered Eating Prevention in DOH.
  • Minimum duties of the office:
    • Develop and maintain an external-facing, annually updated resource on disordered eating (culturally sensitive; available in English, Spanish, and other languages as determined).
    • Collaborate with State mental health programs to align prevention efforts, outreach, and awareness, focusing on impacted communities.
    • Partner with the Department of Education to inform teachers, school staff, students, and parents about prevention.
    • Administer the Disordered Eating Prevention Research Grant Program.

Grant program

  • Establishes the Disordered Eating Prevention Research Grant Program to fund research on root causes, risk factors, and protective factors for disordered eating in youth, adults, and older residents.
  • The Office will adopt guidelines for:
    • Application procedures for grants.
    • Criteria to select grant recipients and award amounts.
    • Administrative timelines (announcement, applications, distribution of funds).
    • Reporting requirements for grant recipients (written reports summarizing research outcomes).
  • The office may also:
    • Contract with third parties for focus groups, interviews, surveys, and collaborative discussions.
    • Partner with the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services to identify strategies including addressing weight bias and discrimination.
    • Seek and accept gifts, grants, or donations to support the act.

Reporting and oversight

  • Annually, beginning one year after the act’s effective date, the Office must report to the Governor and the Legislature on:
    • Administration of the grant program (number of recipients, grant amounts, summaries of recipient reports).
    • Findings and recommendations to improve disordered eating prevention.

Funding and effective date

  • Appropriates General Fund amounts as necessary to implement the act (discretionary by the Commissioner of Health).
  • Effective immediately.

Who is affected

  • State agencies: Department of Health, Department of Education, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
  • Eligible applicants for grants: individuals, nonprofit organizations, or for-profit organizations conducting/disseminating research on disordered eating and prevention, or serving populations with disordered eating traits.
  • Wider public: provides resources and prevention messaging aimed at residents in New Jersey, with emphasis on at-risk groups.

Procedural and timeline notes

  • Status: Transferred to the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee (as of the latest action).
  • Introduced in the Senate: June 3, 2024 (S 3329); sponsorship includes Senator Kristin M. Corrado and Senator Raj Mukherji.
  • Subsequent actions show parallel tracking in health-related committees and Budget/Appropriations considerations.
  • The act takes effect immediately upon enactment, with annual reporting starting one year after effective date.

Background and context

  • Builds on concerns about rising disordered eating and disparities in prevention and treatment.
  • Emphasizes culturally sensitive outreach, education in schools, and alignment with existing state mental health initiatives.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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