Bill Text: NY A02425 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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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 23-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-30 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [A02425 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02425-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2425--B
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. P. RIVERA, MENG, BROOK-KRASNY, CASTRO, JAFFEE,
         PHEFFER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MARKEY,  McENENY,  ROBINSON,
         RUSSELL,  TITONE,  TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Alcoholism and Drug  Abuse  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
         again amended on third reading, ordered reprinted, retaining its place
         on the order of third reading
       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 42 to read as follows:
   12    42.  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 September 1, 2012.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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