Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 20006-B – Gambling Addiction Prevention and Treatment Fund
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1. Fund established. The Gambling Addiction Prevention and Treatment Fund, referred to in this section as “the fund,” is established for the purpose of supporting gambling addiction analysis, prevention and treatment to be administered by the department. The fund is a dedicated, nonlapsing fund into which payments are received in accordance with Title 8, section 1036, subsection 2.
[PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. AA, §24 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 20006-B
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 20003
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 20003
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Prevention: means any activity designed to educate or provide information to individuals and groups about the use of alcohol and other drugs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 20003
- Treatment: means the broad range of emergency, outpatient, intermediate and inpatient services and care, including career counseling, diagnostic evaluation, employment, health, medical, psychiatric, psychological, recreational, rehabilitative, social service care, treatment and vocational services, that may be extended to a drug user, a person with substance use disorder or a person in need of assistance due to the use of a dependency-related drug. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 20003
2. Report. The commissioner or the commissioner’s designee shall report annually by March 1st to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over gambling matters. The report must include a description of a continuum of care model used to identify the need for gambling addiction services, prevention efforts, intervention and treatment provided using money from the fund. The report must describe any collaborative efforts between the department, the Gambling Control Board established under Title 8, section 1002 and slot machine operators licensed in accordance with Title 8, chapter 31 to support the purpose of the fund described in subsection 1. The commissioner may submit recommendations for legislation to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over gambling matters, which is authorized to submit that legislation to the Legislature.
[PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. AA, §24 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2009, c. 622, §1 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. AA, §24 (AMD).