135.150 - GAMBLING TREATMENT PROGRAM -- STANDARDS AND LICENSING.
135.150 GAMBLING TREATMENT PROGRAM -- STANDARDS AND
LICENSING.
1. a. The department shall operate a gambling treatment
program to provide programs which may include but are not limited to
outpatient and follow-up treatment for persons affected by problem
gambling, rehabilitation and residential treatment programs,
information and referral services, crisis call access, education and
preventive services, and financial management and credit counseling
services.
b. A person shall not maintain or conduct a gambling
treatment program funded through the department unless the person has
obtained a license for the program from the department. The
department shall adopt rules to establish standards for the licensing
and operation of gambling treatment programs under this section. The
rules shall specify, but are not limited to specifying, the
qualifications for persons providing gambling treatment services,
standards for the organization and administration of gambling
treatment programs, and a mechanism to monitor compliance with this
section and the rules adopted under this section.
2. The department shall report semiannually to the legislative
government oversight committees regarding the operation of the
gambling treatment program. The report shall include but is not
limited to information on the moneys expended and grants awarded for
operation of the gambling treatment program. Section History: Recent Form
2004 Acts, ch 1136, §55; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §77; 2009 Acts, ch
182, §106 Footnotes
Moneys in former gambling treatment fund that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of FY 2008-2009 transferred to general
fund; 2009 Acts, ch 182, §107
Department of public health to implement a process, by July 1,
2010, for creation of a system for uniform delivery of gambling and
substance abuse treatment services; 2008 Acts, ch 1187, §3; 2009
Acts, ch 182, §2