Bill Text: NY A02528 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of addiction services and supports, in consultation with the New York state gaming commission, to establish a problem gambling education program for individuals that have placed themselves on a self exclusion list.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-01-26 - REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE [A02528 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A02528-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2528--B Cal. No. 108 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, GRIFFIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARRETT, BENEDETTO, COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in relation to requiring the commissioner of addiction services and supports to establish a problem gambling education program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision (m) to read as follows: 3 (m) The commissioner, in consultation with the New York state gaming 4 commission shall establish a problem gambling education program to be 5 completed by all individuals that have placed themselves on a self 6 exclusion list pursuant to section one hundred eleven of the racing, 7 pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law upon the expiration of the 8 selected exclusion period. This education program shall be made avail- 9 able on the websites of both the office and the New York state gaming 10 commission and shall include but not be limited to resources to treat- 11 ment. 12 § 2. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) and paragraph (c) of 13 subdivision 2 of section 111 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and 14 breeding law, as amended by chapter 564 of the laws of 2021, are 15 amended to read as follows: 16 The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to 17 which people may voluntarily exclude themselves from entering the prem- 18 ises of an association or corporation licensed or enfranchised by the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03348-06-2A. 2528--B 2 1 commission pursuant to this chapter; receive the required educational 2 materials pursuant to subdivision (l) of section 19.09 of the mental 3 hygiene law; and, upon the expiration of the selected exclusion period, 4 complete the problem gambling education program pursuant to subdivision 5 (m) of section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law. In promulgating such 6 rules and regulations the commission shall ensure, to the extent practi- 7 cable, that there is consistency in the process followed under each 8 division in which an individual may voluntarily exclude themselves. Such 9 rules and regulations shall provide that: 10 (c) No voluntary order or request to exclude persons from entering the 11 premises of any such association, corporation, or facility may be 12 rescinded, canceled, or declared null and void until [seven days after a13request] such individual who is self excluded completes in paper or 14 electronic format, an educational program approved by the office pursu- 15 ant to the provisions of subdivision (m) of section 19.09 of the mental 16 hygiene law and proof of completion has been received by such associ- 17 ation, corporation, or facility to cancel such order or request. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 19 have become a law.
