Bill Text: NY S03740 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3740 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 30, 2021 ___________ 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