Assembly Bill A5080

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to gambling and the creation of a self-exclusion request for removal form

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A5080 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S648
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.09, Ment Hyg L; amd §§104 & 111, RWB L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7059, S6364
2019-2020: A589, S8811
2021-2022: A661, S412

2017-A5080 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to gambling and the creation of a self-exclusion request for removal form.

2017-A5080 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   5080
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental  hygiene  law  and  the  racing,  pari-mutuel
   wagering and breeding law, in relation to gambling and the creation of
   a self-exclusion request for removal form

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 19.09 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
 adding two new subdivisions (k) and (l) to read as follows:
   (K)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL IDENTIFY OR DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
 REGARDING COMPULSIVE GAMBLING FOR THE PURPOSE OF  INFORMING  INDIVIDUALS
 ABOUT THE DANGERS OF PROBLEM GAMBLING AS WELL AS TREATMENT OPPORTUNITIES
 THAT  MAY  BE  AVAILABLE  TO  THEM.  SUCH EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS SHALL BE
 PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY  VOLUNTARILY  PLACE  THEMSELVES  ON  A
 SELF-EXCLUSION LIST OF AN ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION LICENSED OR ENFRAN-
 CHISED  BY  THE NEW YORK STATE GAMING COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE
 HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE RACING, PARI-MUTUEL  WAGERING  AND  BREEDING  LAW.
 SUCH  MATERIALS  SHALL  ALSO  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  ON THE WEBSITE OF THE
 OFFICE. TO THE EXTENT THAT A GAMING FACILITY LICENSED PURSUANT TO  ARTI-
 CLE  THIRTEEN  OF  THE RACING, PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING AND BREEDING LAW HAS
 ALREADY CREATED MATERIALS PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO
 OF THE RACING, PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING AND BREEDING LAW THAT EFFECTUATE THE
 INTENT OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS MAY  BE  UTILIZED
 BY  THE  GAMING  FACILITY INSTEAD OF ONES IDENTIFIED OR DEVELOPED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER.
   (L) THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK  STATE  GAMING
 COMMISSION  SHALL  CREATE A SELF - EXCLUSION REQUEST FOR REMOVAL FORM TO
 BE COMPLETED BY ALL INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE PLACED THEMSELVES ON  A  SELF-
 EXCLUSION  LIST  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE RACING,
 PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING AND BREEDING LAW, WHOM SUBSEQUENTLY REQUEST REMOVAL
 FROM SUCH EXCLUSION LIST PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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