Bill Text: NY S07304 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to compulsive gambling assistance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-04 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S07304 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S07304-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7304--A
I N S E N A T E
May 2, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
-- 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 (i) and (j) to read as follows:
3 (I) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP OR IDENTIFY EXISTING EDUCATIONAL
4 MATERIALS WHICH OFFER ASSISTANCE IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF
5 COMPULSIVE GAMBLING FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT VOLUNTARILY PLACE THEMSELVES ON
6 A SELF EXCLUSION LIST PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE
7 RACING, PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING AND BREEDING LAW. SUCH EDUCATIONAL MATERI-
8 ALS SHALL IMMEDIATELY BE TRANSMITTED TO SUCH PERSONS PLACED ON SUCH LIST
9 AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE WEBSITES OF THE OFFICE
10 AND THE NEW YORK STATE GAMING COMMISSION. SUCH MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE,
11 BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, RESOURCES OR INFORMATION RELATED TO COMPUL-
12 SIVE GAMBLING AND CONTACT INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE TREATMENT PROGRAMS OR
13 SUPPORT GROUPS.
14 (J) THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE GAMING
15 COMMISSION, SHALL ESTABLISH A PROBLEM GAMBLING EDUCATION PROGRAM WHICH
16 MAY BE COMPLETED BY ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS PLACED HIMSELF OR HERSELF ON
17 A SELF EXCLUSION LIST PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE
18 RACING, PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING AND BREEDING LAW. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE
19 TRANSMITTED TO ALL PERSONS PLACED ON SUCH SELF EXCLUSION LIST AND MADE
20 AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE WEBSITES OF THE OFFICE AND NEW
21 YORK STATE GAMING COMMISSION, AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO
22 RESOURCES OR INFORMATION RELATED TO COMPULSIVE GAMBLING AND CONTACT
23 INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE TREATMENT PROGRAMS OR SUPPORT GROUPS.
24 S 2. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 2 of section 111 of the
25 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.
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S. 7304--A 2
1 part A of chapter 60 of the laws of 2012, are amended to read as
2 follows:
3 (a) The commission, IN COOPERATION WITH THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND
4 SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, shall promulgate rules and regulations pursu-
5 ant to which people may: voluntarily exclude themselves from entering
6 the premises of an association or corporation licensed or enfranchised
7 by the commission pursuant to this chapter AND; RECEIVE THE REQUIRED
8 EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON COMPULSIVE GAMBLING PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS
9 (I) AND (J) OF SECTION 19.09 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
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] THIRTY days
13 after a request has been received by such association, corporation, or
14 facility to cancel such order or request.
15 S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
16 part A of chapter 60 of the laws of 2012 takes effect.
