S 454
Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act
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Bill overview
This bill aims to combat gambling addiction by providing funding to states and supporting research. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will distribute grants to states to address gambling addiction, using a formula based on existing substance abuse block grants. Additionally, the National Institute on Drug Abuse is authorized to provide grants for research on this issue. A report will be submitted to Congress assessing the programs’ effectiveness.
Key provisions
- SAMHSA will award grants to states to address gambling addiction.
- Grants to states will be allocated based on existing substance abuse block grant ratios.
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse can provide grants for gambling addiction research.
- Funding for the grants will come from a portion of the federal excise tax on state-authorized wagers.
- Grants will be available through fiscal year 2034.
- A report on program effectiveness is required within 3 years of enactment.
- States that do not apply for grants will have funds reallocated.
- The definition of ‘State’ is based on the Public Health Service Act.
Who is affected
- States
- Individuals with gambling addiction
- Substance abuse treatment providers
- Researchers
- Federal Government (SAMHSA, NIDA, HHS)
Notable changes
- Establishes a new funding stream for gambling addiction treatment and research.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
S. 454
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
A BILL
To authorize the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use to award formula grants to the States to address gambling addiction, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act
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The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use shall award grants to the States to address gambling addiction in amounts determined in accordance with paragraph (2).
The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use shall—
allocate the total amount of funds awarded as grants under paragraph (1) among the States for a fiscal year in the same ratios as the Assistant Secretary allocates the total amount of block grants for prevention and treatment of substance abuse under subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.) among the States for such fiscal year; and
if any State fails to apply for a grant under this subsection for such fiscal year, reallocate the amount that would otherwise be awarded to such State among the States that do so apply in proportion to the amounts allocated to such States under subparagraph (A).
In this subsection, the term State has the meaning given to that term in section 1954 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–64).
The Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse may award grants to support research on gambling addiction.
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the programs and activities carried out pursuant to subsections (a) and (b).
There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034—
to carry out subsection (a), the amount that is 37.5 percent of the amount estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to the amount of taxes received under section 4401(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 during the preceding fiscal year; and
to carry out subsection (b), the amount that is 12.5 percent of such amount estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury.