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This bill creates a legislative task force to develop and recommend responsible gaming policies for New York’s gaming facilities.
Why it matters
Seeks to address problem gambling. by bringing together experts to identify and recommend ways to reduce the risks and harms associated with gambling, which could impact public health, addiction rates, and community well-being.
Could shape future regulations. by requiring the task force to recommend enforceable policies for all state-licensed gaming facilities, potentially affecting how casinos and other gaming venues operate and are held accountable.
Brings diverse expertise into policymaking. by including members with backgrounds in prevention, treatment, and program administration, as well as top officials from state gaming and addiction services, making it more likely that a broad range of concerns and solutions will be considered.
May influence future gaming expansion. by requiring the task force to propose responsible gaming provisions for any new casino-related legislation, potentially setting higher standards for player protection in any future growth of New York’s gaming industry.
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Create Responsible Gaming Task Force
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History
- Print number 3075a
- Amend and recommit to ways and means
- Referred to ways and means
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to racing and wagering
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Create Gambling Oversight Task Force
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3075--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 26, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARRETT, BENEDETTO, COOK, CRESPO, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, LUPARDO, TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT in relation to establishing the legislative task force on responsible gaming
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Legislative findings. a. The legislature hereby finds that the 2012-2013 New York state budget amended the state constitution to allow for non-tribal casino gaming in New York. It also included provisions to create a New York state gaming commission, as a result of the merger between the division of lottery and the racing and wagering board. The commission is charged with oversight of the division of lottery, the division of charitable gaming, the division of gaming, and the division of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering. This legislative action consolidated the state's gaming regulatory functions under a single oversight body.
b. The legislature further finds that the development of policies and procedures that foster responsible gaming practices by gaming facilities licensed or enfranchised by the New York state gaming commission or its divisions is necessary to mitigate the risks or consequences associated with problem gambling. The legislature concludes that this can be best accomplished by the creation of a task force on responsible gaming.
§ 2. Legislative task force on responsible gaming. A legislative task force on responsible gaming is hereby established to:
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(a) Identify policies and programs that mitigate the risks and consequences associated with compulsive gambling and promote responsible gaming practices for all gaming activities authorized in New York state.
(b) Recommend policies and procedures to be promulgated in regulations by the New York state gaming commission and its divisions to ensure responsible gaming in all facilities licensed or enfranchised by such commission or divisions.
(c) Recommend a structure by which all responsible gaming regulations promulgated by the commission or its divisions shall be enforced, including but not limited to penalties for violations of regulatory standards and corrective action.
(d) Identifying methods to measure effectiveness of any responsible gaming procedures implemented.
(e) Identify and recommend provisions necessary to ensure responsible gaming practices to be included in enabling legislation authorizing casino style gaming facilities in New York state.
§ 3. Composition. The task force shall consist of eleven members. Task force members appointed or designated shall have experience and expertise in one or more of the following areas:
1) the prevention of problem gambling;
2) the treatment of problem gambling;
3) administration of problem gambling programs within a gaming facility.
The task force shall consist of eleven members to be appointed as follows: two members to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly, two members to be appointed by the temporary president of the senate, and one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate. The task force shall also include the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services or his or her designee, the executive director of the New York state gaming commission or his or her designee, the director of the division of lottery or his or her designee, the director of the division of gaming or his or her designee, the director of the division of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering or his or her designee. The chair shall be designated by a simple majority vote of all members of the task force.
§ 4. Compensation. Members shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of any of their duties.
§ 5. Report. The task force shall create a final report regarding all findings and recommendations to be delivered upon completion of all objectives described herein, but in no event later than February 1, 2019, to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the senate. At the completion of all duties described herein the legislative task force shall be dissolved.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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