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Senate Bill S2450

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to gaming disorders

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2025-S2450 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4375
Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1.03, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8875, A8039
2021-2022: S3740, A3815
2023-2024: S1545, A2625

2025-S2450 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds gaming disorder to the types of disorders classified in the mental hygiene law.

2025-S2450 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2450 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2450
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to gaming disorders
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 60 to read as follows:
   60.  "GAMING  DISORDER" MEANS A DISORDER DUE TO ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR, AS
 DEFINED IN THE MOST RECENT EDITION OF THE  INTERNATIONAL  CLASSIFICATION
 OF DISEASES (ICD), PUBLISHED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05069-01-5

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