Bill Text: NY A02313 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, in consultation with the education department, to establish a course of instruction on adolescent problem gambling which may be provided in grades 4 through 12; requires the commissioner to provide such curriculum be posted on the department of education internet website.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-21 - substituted by s4499 [A02313 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02313-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2313
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 14, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. CRESPO, CASTRO, JAFFEE, BROOK-KRASNY -- Multi-
         Sponsored by -- M. of A.   ARROYO,  ESPINAL,  MOYA,  RAMOS,  ROBINSON,
         RODRIGUEZ, RUSSELL, STEVENSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  mental  hygiene  law  and the education law, in
         relation to requiring the office of  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse
         services  to  establish  a curriculum in problem gambling which may be
         provided in grades four through twelve
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  19.07  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
    3    (I) THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, IN  CONSUL-
    4  TATION WITH THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SHALL ESTABLISH A CURRICULUM
    5  FOR A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN ADOLESCENT PROBLEM GAMBLING WHICH MAY, AT
    6  THE  OPTION  OF  ANY  SCHOOL, BE PROVIDED IN GRADES FOUR THROUGH TWELVE.
    7  SUCH COURSE OF INSTRUCTION SHALL INCLUDE MATERIALS TO  EDUCATE  STUDENTS
    8  ON THE DANGERS AND CONSEQUENCES OF PROBLEM GAMBLING, AND SHALL BE AVAIL-
    9  ABLE ON THE INTERNET WEBSITE OF SUCH OFFICE.
   10    S  2.  Section  305  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
   11  subdivision 43 to read as follows:
   12    43. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE, ON THE DEPARTMENT  INTERNET
   13  WEBSITE, THE CURRICULUM OF THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN ADOLESCENT PROB-
   14  LEM GAMBLING ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (I) OF SECTION 19.07 OF
   15  THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   16    S 3. This act shall take effect August 1, 2014.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05438-01-3