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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2243--A
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. BARRETT, BENEDETTO,  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 --  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  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, pari-
     8  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
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06203-02-3
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     1  on the websites of both the office and the New York state gaming commis-
     2  sion and shall include but not be limited to resources to treatment.
     3    §  2.  Paragraphs  (a)  and (c) of subdivision 2 of section 111 of the
     4  racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as added by section 1  of
     5  part  A  of  chapter  60  of  the  laws  of 2012, are amended to read as
     6  follows:
     7    (a) The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant  to

     8  which people may: voluntarily exclude themselves from entering the prem-
     9  ises  of  an  association or corporation licensed or enfranchised by the
    10  commission pursuant to this chapter; receive  the  required  educational
    11  materials  pursuant  to  subdivision  (i) of section 19.09 of the mental
    12  hygiene law; and, upon request to be removed  from  the  self  exclusion
    13  list, complete the problem gambling education program pursuant to subdi-
    14  vision (j) of section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law.
    15    (c) No voluntary order or request to exclude persons from entering the
    16  premises  of  any  such  association,  corporation,  or  facility may be
    17  rescinded, canceled, or declared null and void until [seven days after a
    18  request] such individual who is self  excluded  completes  in  paper  or

    19  electronic  format, an educational program approved by the office pursu-
    20  ant to the provisions of subdivision (j) of section 19.09 of the  mental
    21  hygiene  law  and  proof of completion has been received by such associ-
    22  ation, corporation, or facility to cancel such order or request.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    24  have become a law.