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
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