Bill Text: CA AR8 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to Problem Gambling Awareness Week.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 53-20)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-07 - Read. Amended. Adopted. (Page 523.). [AR8 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AR8-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: HR 8	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2013

   Relative to Problem Gambling Awareness Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, The National Council on Problem Gambling has designated
the week of March 3, 2013, to March 9, 2013, inclusive, as National
Problem Gambling Awareness Week; and
   WHEREAS, Problem gambling is a public health issue affecting
Californians to lose relationships, homes, jobs, and possessions.
Problem gambling is isolating and has a significant societal and
economic cost; and
   WHEREAS, The Office of Problem and Pathological Gambling, the
Gambling Studies Program at the University of California, Los
Angeles, and trained authorized therapists throughout the state have
provided services to more than 3,100 clients affected by problem
gambling behavior; and
   WHEREAS, The Office of Problem and Pathological Gambling has now
interpreted treatment services available in the Sacramento area to
help licensed therapists treat limited English speaking California
residents; and
   WHEREAS, Individuals, professionals, and organizations within
California have come together to educate the public about the
negative impacts of problem gambling behavior and to raise awareness
of treatment services available locally and nationally; and
   WHEREAS, The Bureau of Gambling Control within the Department of
Justice, the California Gambling Control Commission, the California
State Lottery, the California Friday Night Live Partnership, the
California Gaming Association, the California Tribal Business
Alliance, Media Solutions, the NICOS Chinese Health Coalition, and
the National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse
(NAPAFASA) have joined the Office of Problem and Pathological
Gambling within the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs and
the California Council on Problem Gambling in a collaborative effort
to promote problem gambling prevention and treatment programs; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the week
of March 3, 2013, to March 9, 2013, inclusive, be recognized as
Problem Gambling Awareness Week and the agencies and organizations
described above be commended for their concerted effort to raise
public awareness of problem gambling; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.