Bill Text: NY S05703 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to commission a statewide evaluation regarding the extent of gambling by New York state residents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-12-06 - signed chap.576 [S05703 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05703-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5703 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 13, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to commissioning a statewide evaluation regarding the extent of gambling by New York state residents 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 a new subdivision (k) to read as follows: 3 (k) The commissioner, in consultation with the New York state gaming 4 commission, is authorized and directed to commission a statewide evalu- 5 ation regarding the extent of gambling by New York state residents, 6 including, but not limited to the lottery, horse racing, Native American 7 casinos, internet gambling, sports betting, and poker. Such evaluation 8 shall be delivered to the governor and legislature no later than Decem- 9 ber first, two thousand twenty-three. The evaluation shall be prepared 10 by an independent entity and selected through a request for proposal 11 process. Such evaluation shall include: 12 (1) the percentage of New York residents participating in each gambl- 13 ing activity by: 14 (a) age; 15 (b) race; 16 (c) income; 17 (d) education; 18 (e) sex; and 19 (f) any other demographic that would be relevant to the evaluation; 20 and 21 (2) an estimate of the amount of money being wagered and lost by New 22 York residents in each gambling activity. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04069-01-9