Bill Text: NY A02625 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Adds gaming disorder to the types of disorders classified in the mental hygiene law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to mental health [A02625 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02625-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2625

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Mental Health

        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to gaming disorders

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

     1    Section 1. Section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 60 to read as follows:
     3    60.  "Gaming  disorder" means a disorder due to addictive behavior, as
     4  defined in the most recent edition of the  international  classification
     5  of diseases (ICD), published by the World Health Organization.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03566-01-3