New York S 8875: Relates to gaming disorders

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S08875 Summary:

BILL NOS08875 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11585

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SPONSORRHOADS

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COSPNSRASHBY, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §206-a, Eld L

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Directs the director of the office of the aging to establish a caregiver crisis hotline to provide emotional support resources for informal caregivers of a person in need of assistance.

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BILL NOS08875 

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01/13/2026REFERRED TO AGING

04/21/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/02/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/02/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1547

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/02/2026referred to aging

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8875

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing a caregiver
 crisis hotline

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

 1 Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new section 206-a to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 206-a. Caregiver crisis hotline. 1. The director, in consultation
 4 with the commissioner of mental health, shall establish a caregiver
 5 crisis hotline to provide emotional support resources for informal care-
 6 givers of a person in need of assistance.
 7 2. Such crisis hotline shall be a toll-free telephone number, avail-
 8 able statewide, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and shall
 9 provide a language assistance line to assist limited and non-English
 10 language speakers.
 11 3. For the purposes of this section: (a) "Informal caregiver" shall
 12 mean the family member or other natural person who normally provides the
 13 daily care or supervision of a person in need of supervision, or any
 14 family member or other natural person who contributes to and is involved
 15 in the caretaking responsibilities for such person in need of super-
 16 vision. Such informal caregiver may, but need not, reside in the same
 17 household as the person in need of supervision.
 18 (b) "Person in need of supervision" shall mean any person who is
 19 unable to attend to their daily needs without the assistance or regular
 20 supervision of an informal caregiver due to mental or physical impair-
 21 ment. Such definition shall not exclude persons under eighteen years of
 22 age who suffer from mental or physical impairment.
 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 24 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13571-01-5

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