Section 461A.106 - Compulsive Gambling Program(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.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 461A.106
Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 3.1158, eff. 4/2/2015.