New York S 7704: Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis

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S07704 Summary:

BILL NOS07704A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07338-A

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SPONSOROBERACKER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §107, RWB L

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Provides exceptions to the three-year prohibition of employment with the New York state gaming commission; excludes starters from the three-year prohibition; allows the commission to provide exceptions during the hiring process.

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BILL NOS07704A

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04/30/2025REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

01/07/2026REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

07/08/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

07/08/2026PRINT NUMBER 7704A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7704--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager-
 ing -- recommitted to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
 relation to providing exceptions to the three-year prohibition of
 employment with the commission

 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 107 of the racing, pari-mutuel
 2 wagering and breeding law, as amended by section 1 of part BB of chapter
 3 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. [No] (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivision,
 5 no person shall be appointed to or employed by the commission if, during
 6 the period commencing three years prior to appointment or employment,
 7 such person held any direct or indirect interest in, or employment by,
 8 any corporation, association or person engaged in gaming activity within
 9 the state.
 10 (b) (i) The restrictions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall
 11 not apply to current or former employees of any corporation or associ-
 12 ation engaged in gaming activity within the state if, during employment,
 13 such employee held no stake in gaming outcomes as a benefit of employ-
 14 ment; was not a shareholder, board member, or member of upper-management
 15 of any such corporation, association, or other gaming entity; and such
 16 employee's role was merely incidental to the function of the business,
 17 including, but not limited to disinterested roles in gaming functions,
 18 such as starters, provided such employee meets all other criteria
 19 provided in this paragraph.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09882-03-5

 S. 7704--A 2

 1 (ii) Such current or former employee, if hired by the commission,
 2 shall terminate employment with such corporation or association prior to
 3 commencing employment at the commission.
 4 (c) Prior to appointment or employment, each member, officer or
 5 employee of the commission shall swear or affirm that [he or she] such
 6 member, officer or employee possesses no interest in any corporation or
 7 association holding a franchise, license, registration, certificate or
 8 permit issued by the commission. Thereafter, no member or officer of the
 9 commission shall hold any direct interest in or be employed by any
 10 applicant for or by any corporation, association or person holding a
 11 license, registration, franchise, certificate or permit issued by the
 12 commission for a period of four years commencing on the date [his or
 13 her] such member, officer or employee's membership with the commission
 14 terminates.
 15 (d) Further, no employee of the commission may acquire any direct or
 16 indirect interest in, or accept employment with, any applicant for or
 17 any person holding a license, registration, franchise, certificate or
 18 permit issued by the commission for a period of two years commencing at
 19 the termination of employment with the commission.
 20 (e) The commission may,