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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.108 LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
1 2 The intent of this division is to provide quality treatment
1 3 and rehabilitation services to residents of this state
1 4 experiencing difficulties as a result of problem gambling, to
1 5 ensure that the services are adequately administered by
1 6 competent persons, and to encourage and coordinate education
1 7 and other preventive efforts concerning problem gambling.
1 8 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 135.109 DEFINITIONS.
1 9 As used in this division, unless the context otherwise
1 10 requires:
1 11 1. "Committee" means the gambling treatment advisory
1 12 committee established in section 135.111.
1 13 2. "Department" means the Iowa department of public
1 14 health.
1 15 3. "Director" means the director of public health.
1 16 4. "Participant" means a resident of this state receiving
1 17 services provided through the gambling treatment program
1 18 established in section 135.110.
1 19 5. "Program" means the gambling treatment program
1 20 established in section 135.110.
1 21 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 135.110 GAMBLING TREATMENT PROGRAM
1 22 ESTABLISHED.
1 23 1. A gambling treatment program is established within the
1 24 department. The department shall develop, implement, and
1 25 administer the program, with the assistance of the gambling
1 26 treatment advisory committee.
1 27 2. The program shall include the development and
1 28 implementation of a treatment program for problem gamblers and
1 29 persons affected by gambling. The program may include the
1 30 following:
1 31 a. Outpatient and follow-up treatment.
1 32 b. Information and referral services.
1 33 c. Education and preventive services.
1 34 3. The director may enter into written agreements with
1 35 public or private agencies to pay for services for problem
2 1 gamblers and other persons affected by problem gambling. The
2 2 department shall adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 17A,
2 3 specifying the criteria for payment to the facilities. The
2 4 problem gambler or other affected person receiving services is
2 5 responsible for payment for the costs of the services, either
2 6 through direct payment to the facility or reimbursement to the
2 7 department. If the person receiving services has a claim for
2 8 reimbursement for services, through insurance or otherwise,
2 9 the person shall assign the claim to the department.
2 10 4. The director shall announce through public notice the
2 11 opening of an application period for all contracts that are
2 12 not for outpatient services. Agencies may submit detailed
2 13 contract proposals for consideration by the director.
2 14 Selection criteria include the demonstrated need in the
2 15 service areas, community support and relationships to existing
2 16 agencies, general program structure, and plans for using the
2 17 funds. Contracts for other than outpatient services shall be
2 18 awarded for a duration not to exceed one year.
2 19 5. The director shall develop and encourage the
2 20 development of plans and programs for the prevention of
2 21 gambling problems and the treatment of persons affected by
2 22 problem gambling on a statewide basis and in cooperation with
2 23 public and private agencies by providing technical assistance
2 24 and other services. In cooperation with local gambling
2 25 treatment programs, the director shall organize and implement
2 26 programs for persons offering gambling treatment services. In
2 27 addition, the director shall prepare, publish, and disseminate
2 28 educational material concerning problem gambling and its
2 29 effects, develop and implement an educational program as an
2 30 integral part of treatment programs for problem gamblers and
2 31 other persons affected by problem gambling, and assist in the
2 32 development of gambling educational and treatment programs for
2 33 employees in both the public and private sectors. The
2 34 department may contract for any of the services required in
2 35 this subsection. In addition, the director shall oversee the
3 1 collection of information on the impact of compulsive gambling
3 2 on families.
3 3 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 135.111 GAMBLING TREATMENT ADVISORY
3 4 COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED.
3 5 1. A gambling treatment advisory committee is established
3 6 to advise the department on the administration of the program.
3 7 The committee shall consist of eleven members appointed by the
3 8 director for terms of office of three years and two senators
3 9 and two state representatives appointed by the majority and
3 10 minority leaders of the senate and the speaker and the
3 11 minority leader of the house of representatives, respectively,
3 12 for two-year terms. The legislative members shall be
3 13 nonvoting members. A nonlegislative member shall not be
3 14 appointed to more than two consecutive three-year terms.
3 15 Terms of office shall be staggered, and shall commence on July
3 16 1 of the year of appointment. The membership of the advisory
3 17 committee shall be gender-balanced as provided in section
3 18 69.16A and shall comply with section 69.16. The director
3 19 shall appoint two of the eleven nonlegislative members from
3 20 the gambling industry, one representing either a pari-mutuel
3 21 racetrack enclosure licensed pursuant to chapter 99F or an
3 22 excursion gambling boat licensed pursuant to chapter 99F.
3 23 2. For a vacancy occurring after the appointment of the
3 24 initial membership, the committee shall submit a list of at
3 25 least two names to the director for consideration in filling
3 26 the vacancy on the committee. The director shall fill the
3 27 vacancy from the list of names for a term of three years or
3 28 for the remainder of the unexpired term.
3 29 3. The committee and the director shall ensure that the
3 30 committee consists of members from both urban and rural areas
3 31 and represents a broad cross section of the state, selected
3 32 from the following groups: recovering gamblers, the judicial
3 33 department, the legal community, law enforcement officials,
3 34 the religious community, employees of the lottery division of
3 35 the department of revenue and finance, employees of the state
4 1 racing and gaming commission, education professionals, parole
4 2 and probation officers, psychiatrists licensed under chapter
4 3 148 or 150A, psychologists licensed under chapter 154B, and
4 4 representatives from employee assistance programs, consumer
4 5 credit counseling and financial management agencies, business
4 6 and industry, human service providers, gambling treatment
4 7 providers, and other interested citizens.
4 8 4. Annually, the chairperson of the committee shall be
4 9 elected by the committee from among its membership. The
4 10 committee shall meet as frequently as the chairperson deems
4 11 necessary, but not less than annually. Special meetings may
4 12 be called by the department, the chairperson, or upon written
4 13 request by three or more of the members of the committee.
4 14 5. Committee members who are applicants for or recipients
4 15 of funds provided under this program are disqualified from
4 16 voting on decisions relating to the disbursement of those
4 17 funds for services in which the member has an interest.
4 18 6. Members of the committee shall be allowed their
4 19 reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance
4 20 of their duties paid from funds appropriated for the program.
4 21 Members of the committee may also be eligible to receive
4 22 compensation as provided in section 7E.6. Legislative members
4 23 may be paid from funds appropriated pursuant to section 2.12.
4 24 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 135.112 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE
4 25 GAMBLING TREATMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
4 26 The committee shall:
4 27 1. Consult with and make recommendations to the department
4 28 concerning the adoption of rules relating to the treatment of
4 29 persons affected by problem gambling and carrying out the
4 30 purposes of this division.
4 31 2. Recommend services to be offered to those affected by
4 32 problem gambling and treat problem gamblers and persons
4 33 affected by problem gamblers.
4 34 3. Advise the department on budgeting, planning, and
4 35 priorities for effective treatment of gamblers, families, and
5 1 those affected by problem gamblers.
5 2 4. Make recommendations to the director concerning
5 3 committee vacancies as provided in section 135.111.
5 4 EXPLANATION
5 5 This bill provides for the establishment of a gambling
5 6 treatment program for Iowa residents by the Iowa department of
5 7 public health. The bill creates and specifies the powers and
5 8 duties of a gambling treatment advisory committee. The
5 9 committee shall advise the Iowa department of public health
5 10 concerning administration of the program.
5 11 LSB 2316SS 77
5 12 rn/cf/24
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