---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifies health education"
description: "Provides that all schools shall ensure that their health education programs recognize the multiple dimensions of health by including mental health and the relation of physical and mental health so as to enhance student understanding, attitudes and behaviors that promote health, well-being and human dignity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 362"
citation: "New York A 362 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NOLAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-02-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a080019a-8167-453f-8524-1aa18dd64b4d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A362"
source_hash: "c03a9878fcfaef1d04570fd3b38be3ff4e3c65f49d981376c2521f3ce2852413"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 362 (2017-2018) — Clarifies health education

Provides that all schools shall ensure that their health education programs recognize the multiple dimensions of health by including mental health and the relation of physical and mental health so as to enhance student understanding, attitudes and behaviors that promote health, well-being and human dignity.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A362 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A362&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A362 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A362)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- NOLAN — primary (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-05** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** REPORTED
- **2017-01-10** RULES REPORT CAL.1
- **2017-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.1
- **2017-01-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-01-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-01-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S984
- **2017-01-23** 3RD READING CAL.17
- **2017-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-01-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-01-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-01** SIGNED CHAP.1 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a080019a-8167-453f-8524-1aa18dd64b4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).