Tex. Health & Safety Code § 461A.106 · Subchapter C. SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
COMPULSIVE GAMBLING PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall establish a program for:
(1) public education, research, and training regarding problem or compulsive gambling; and
(2) the treatment and prevention of problem or compulsive gambling.
(b) The department's program under Subsection (a) must include:
(1) establishing and maintaining a list of Internet sites and toll-free "800" telephone numbers of nonprofit entities that provide crisis counseling and referral services to families experiencing difficulty as a result of problem or compulsive gambling;
(2) promoting public awareness regarding the recognition and prevention of problem or compulsive gambling;
(3) facilitating, through in-service training and other means, the availability of effective assistance programs for problem or compulsive gamblers; and
(4) conducting studies to identify adults and juveniles in this state who are, or who are at risk of becoming, problem or compulsive gamblers.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1158, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.461A.htm
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