Bill Text: NY A02528 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 2528 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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
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                                         2528--A

                               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

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  mental  hygiene law and the racing, pari-mutuel
          wagering and breeding law, in relation to compulsive gambling  assist-
          ance

          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 two new subdivisions (l) and (m) to read as follows:
     3    (l)  The  commissioner  shall identify or create educational materials
     4  regarding compulsive gambling for the purpose of  educating  individuals
     5  that voluntarily place themselves on a self exclusion list of an associ-
     6  ation  or  corporation  licensed  or  enfranchised by the New York state
     7  gaming commission pursuant to section one hundred eleven of the  racing,
     8  pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law immediately upon placement on such
     9  list.  The  educational materials shall be made available on the website
    10  of the office and shall include but  not  be  limited  to  resources  to
    11  treatment.
    12    (m)  The  commissioner, in consultation with the New York state gaming
    13  commission shall establish a problem gambling education  program  to  be
    14  completed  by  all  individuals  that  have  placed themselves on a self
    15  exclusion list pursuant to section one hundred  eleven  of  the  racing,
    16  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding  law  upon  the  expiration  of the
    17  selected exclusion period. This education program shall be  made  avail-
    18  able  on  the  websites of both the office and the New York state gaming
    19  commission and shall include but not be limited to resources  to  treat-
    20  ment.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03348-02-1

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     1    §  2.  Paragraphs  (a)  and (c) of subdivision 2 of section 111 of the
     2  racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as added by section 1  of
     3  part  A  of  chapter  60  of  the  laws  of 2012, are amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    (a)  The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to
     6  which people may: voluntarily exclude themselves from entering the prem-
     7  ises of an association or corporation licensed or  enfranchised  by  the
     8  commission  pursuant  to  this chapter; receive the required educational
     9  materials pursuant to subdivision (l) of section  19.09  of  the  mental
    10  hygiene  law; and, upon the expiration of the selected exclusion period,
    11  complete the problem gambling education program pursuant to  subdivision
    12  (m) of section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law.
    13    (c) No voluntary order or request to exclude persons from entering the
    14  premises  of  any  such  association,  corporation,  or  facility may be
    15  rescinded, canceled, or declared null and void until [seven days after a
    16  request] such individual who is self  excluded  completes  in  paper  or
    17  electronic  format, an educational program approved by the office pursu-
    18  ant to the provisions of subdivision (m) of section 19.09 of the  mental
    19  hygiene  law  and  proof of completion has been received by such associ-
    20  ation, corporation, or facility to cancel such order or request.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    22  have become a law.