Bill Text: NY A10025 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to compulsive gambling assistance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-14 - REFERRED TO RULES [A10025 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A10025-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                       10025--A
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 1, 2012
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, ORTIZ, P. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored
         by -- M. of A.  BARRETT, BENEDETTO, CASTRO, COOK, CRESPO, ENGLEBRIGHT,
         HIKIND, JAFFEE, KEARNS, MILLMAN, NOLAN,  ROBERTS,  SWEENEY,  TITUS  --
         read  once  and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
         -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- commit-
         tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
         mitted 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 (i) and (j) to read as follows:
    3    (I)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CREATE  EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS REGARDING
    4  COMPULSIVE GAMBLING FOR THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATING INDIVIDUALS THAT VOLUN-
    5  TARILY PLACE THEMSELVES ON A SELF EXCLUSION LIST OF  AN  ASSOCIATION  OR
    6  CORPORATION  LICENSED  OR  ENFRANCHISED  BY  THE  NEW  YORK STATE GAMING
    7  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    (J)  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, WHOM SUBSEQUENTLY REQUEST REMOVAL
   17  FROM SUCH EXCLUSION LIST. THIS EDUCATION PROGRAM SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE
   18  ON THE WEBSITES OF BOTH THE OFFICE AND THE NEW YORK STATE GAMING COMMIS-
   19  SION AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO RESOURCES TO TREATMENT.
   20    S  2.  Paragraphs  (a)  and (c) of subdivision 2 of section 111 of the
   21  racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as added by section 1  of
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15572-04-2
       A. 10025--A                         2
    1  part  A  of  chapter  60  of  the  laws  of 2012, are amended to read as
    2  follows:
    3    (a)  The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to
    4  which people may: voluntarily exclude themselves from entering the prem-
    5  ises of an association or corporation licensed or  enfranchised  by  the
    6  commission  pursuant  to  this chapter; RECEIVE THE REQUIRED EDUCATIONAL
    7  MATERIALS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (I) OF SECTION  19.09  OF  THE  MENTAL
    8  HYGIENE  LAW;  AND,  UPON  REQUEST TO BE REMOVED FROM THE SELF EXCLUSION
    9  LIST, COMPLETE THE PROBLEM GAMBLING EDUCATION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
   10  VISION (J) OF SECTION 19.09 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   11    (c) No voluntary order or request to exclude persons from entering the
   12  premises of any  such  association,  corporation,  or  facility  may  be
   13  rescinded, canceled, or declared null and void until [seven days after a
   14  request]  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  WHO  IS  SELF EXCLUDED COMPLETES IN PAPER OR
   15  ELECTRONIC FORMAT, AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE OFFICE  PURSU-
   16  ANT  TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION (J) OF SECTION 19.09 OF THE MENTAL
   17  HYGIENE LAW AND PROOF OF COMPLETION has been received  by  such  associ-
   18  ation, corporation, or facility to cancel such order or request.
   19    S  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
   20  manner as part A of chapter 60 of the laws of 2012, takes effect.
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