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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 217.24 COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS
1 2 OUTPATIENT CENTERS – PROGRAMS – FUNDING.
1 3 1. As used in this section, "compulsive gambler" means a
1 4 person who is chronically and progressively preoccupied with
1 5 gambling and the urge to gamble.
1 6 2. A county or city in which an excursion gambling boat
1 7 has its home dock or in which a pari-mutuel racetrack is
1 8 located may establish a compulsive gamblers outpatient center.
1 9 The outpatient center shall provide services for compulsive
1 10 gamblers and their families. The department shall provide, by
1 11 rule adopted pursuant to chapter 17A, for the development and
1 12 administration of all programs for compulsive gamblers. The
1 13 department may administer the programs, directly or by
1 14 contract. A person or the family of a person requesting
1 15 services for compulsive gamblers from an outpatient center
1 16 shall prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the
1 17 person's chronic preoccupation with gambling and the urge to
1 18 gamble was exacerbated by the establishment of gambling games
1 19 on excursion gambling boats or at pari-mutuel racetrack
1 20 enclosures.
1 21 3. Funds for establishing a compulsive gambler outpatient
1 22 center and its compulsive gambling programs may be paid from
1 23 the gamblers assistance fund established pursuant to section
1 24 99E.10 and from other public or private funds.
1 25 EXPLANATION
1 26 This bill defines compulsive gambler as a person who is
1 27 chronically and progressively preoccupied with gambling and
1 28 the urge to gamble. The bill provides for the establishment
1 29 of compulsive gamblers outpatient centers in those cities or
1 30 counties where pari-mutuel racetracks or excursion gambling
1 31 boats are located. The department of human services is
1 32 directed to develop and administer, by rule, the compulsive
1 33 gamblers programs in the outpatient centers. The department
1 34 of human services may administer the program directly or by
1 35 contract.
2 1 The proceeds of the gamblers assistance fund and other
2 2 private or public funds may be used to fund the compulsive
2 3 gamblers outpatient centers and compulsive gamblers programs.
2 4 LSB 4291HC 76
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