Bill Text: NY S03740 | 2021-2022 | 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 - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH [S03740 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03740-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3740

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 30, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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 59 to read as follows:
     3    59.  "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.
                                                                   LBD03169-01-1