New York S 2618: Creates the jockey health insurance reserve fund

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S02618 Summary:

BILL NOS02618A

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SAME ASSAME AS A05921-A

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSRMURRAY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §221-a, RWB L

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Creates the jockey health insurance reserve fund for the payment of premiums not yet paid; provides for the return of funds if such reserve fund becomes no longer necessary.

Go to top S02618 Actions:

BILL NOS02618A

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

02/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.333

02/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/24/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/24/2025PASSED SENATE

03/24/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/24/2025referred to racing and wagering

06/09/2025RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

06/09/2025returned to senate

06/09/2025VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

06/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2618A

06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A5921A

&nbspA05921 AMEND=A Woerner

&nbsp02/24/2025referred to racing and wagering

&nbsp04/23/2025amend and recommit to racing and wagering

&nbsp04/23/2025print number 5921a

&nbsp04/30/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/06/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/10/2025reported 

&nbsp06/10/2025rules report cal.568

&nbsp06/10/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.568

&nbsp06/10/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/10/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/10/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S2618A

&nbsp06/12/20253RD READING CAL.333

&nbsp06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp11/03/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp11/12/2025signed chap.493

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2618--A
 Cal. No. 333

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, MURRAY -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming
 and Wagering -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to
 first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate
 and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored
 to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
 in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
 relation to the creation of the jockey health insurance reserve fund

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 221-a of the racing, pari-mutuel
 2 wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter 243 of the laws of
 3 2020, is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. a. A franchised corporation shall, as a condition of racing, estab-
 5 lish a program to administer the purchase of health insurance for eligi-
 6 ble jockeys.
 7 Such program shall be funded through the deposit of one and one-half
 8 percent of the gross purse enhancement amount from video lottery gaming
 9 at a thoroughbred track pursuant to paragraph two of subdivision b and
 10 paragraph one of subdivision f of section sixteen hundred twelve of the
 11 tax law. The franchised corporation shall establish a segregated account
 12 for the receipt of these monies and these monies shall remain separate
 13 from any other funds. Any corporation or association licensed pursuant
 14 to this article shall pay into such account any amount due within ten
 15 days of the receipt of revenue pursuant to section sixteen hundred
 16 twelve of the tax law.
 17 b. Any portion of such funding to the account, outlined in paragraph a
 18 of this subdivision, unused during a calendar year, less an amount
 19 sufficient to cover anticipated premium liabilities over the next sixty
 20 days, shall be either (i) returned on a pro rata basis in accordance

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06894-03-5

 S. 2618--A 2

 1 with the amounts originally contributed [and shall] to be used for the
 2 purpose of enhancing purses at such tracks, (ii) deposited into the
 3 account established in paragraph c of this section, or (iii) distributed
 4 via a combination of bot