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A1552Assembly2017-2018 Session

Allow Unlimited Bingo in Nursing Homes

Official title

“Relates to the frequency of games of bingo”

Sponsor Clifford CrouchAD-122+1 co-sponsorAffects Economy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Racing And Wagering
Impact
3/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Racing And Wagering

What's happening

This bill allows nursing homes and residential health care facilities to offer unlimited bingo games if prizes are $10 or less.

Why it matters

  1. Improves quality of life and social engagement for nursing home residents. by removing restrictions on the number of bingo games, which is a popular activity that can reduce loneliness and improve mental health.

  2. Reduces administrative burdens for nursing homes and residential health care facilities. by eliminating the need to track and limit the frequency of bingo games, making it easier to organize regular recreational events.

  3. Limits potential for gambling-related problems. by capping prizes at $10 or less, ensuring the games remain low-stakes and focused on entertainment rather than profit.

  4. Recognizes the unique recreational needs of long-term care residents. by treating these facilities differently from other bingo hosts, acknowledging that for many residents, such games are a vital part of daily life rather than commercial gambling.

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Allow Unlimited Bingo in Nursing Homes

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Clifford Crouch

Assembly Member · Assembly District 122

1 Multi-sponsor

History

  1. Held for consideration in racing and wagering
  2. Referred to racing and wagering
  3. Referred to racing and wagering

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

1552

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 12, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the frequency of games of bingo

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 487 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 72 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:

§ 487. Frequency of game; sale of alcoholic beverages. 1. No game or games of bingo, except limited period bingo, shall be conducted under any license issued under this article more often than on eighteen days in any three successive calendar months. No game or games of limited period bingo shall be conducted between the hours of twelve midnight postmeridian and noon, and no more than sixty games may be conducted on any single occasion of limited period bingo. No game or games of bingo shall be conducted in any room or outdoor area where alcoholic beverages are sold, served or consumed during the progress of the game or games.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, any nursing home or residential health care facility, as such terms are defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of the public health law, may offer games of bingo without limitation; provided, however that such games do not offer any monetary prizes, nor offer any other prize with a value in excess of ten dollars.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD04364-01-7

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