(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.