Kentucky House Bill 258 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-21 - posted in committee
Pending: House Licensing and Occupations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Amend KRS 222.005 to define "pathological gambling" and "problem gambling"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to establish the problem or pathological gamblers awareness and treatment fund; direct the use of funds and limit annual administrative costs to $50,000; establish the Gamblers Awareness the Treatment Fund Advisory Council; establish the council's membership and responsibilities; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations in collaboration with the council; establish a funding and application process, certify disbursement of funds, and report annually; assign responsibilities to the director of the Division of Mental Health and Substance abuse; amend KRS 138.510 to provide funding from the total amount wagered in Kentucky; amend KRS 154A.130 to provide funding from net lottery revenues of the state lottery; amend KRS 238.570 to provide funding from the gross receipts from all charitable gaming; amend KRS 222.001 and 222.003 to conform.

AN ACT relating to problem, compulsive, or pathological gambling and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Larry Clark [D]	Rep. Jim DeCesare [R]	Sen. C.B. Embry [R]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]
Rep. Terry Mills [D]	Rep. Sannie Overly [D]	Rep. Jody Richards [D]	Rep. Rita Smart [D]
Rep. Jim Wayne [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-21		posted in committee
2012-01-17		to Licensing & Occupations (H)
2012-01-12		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB258.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB258/bill.doc