SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2591        FILED ON: 1/17/2025

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul R. Feeney

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to problem gambling and the public health trust fund.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2591        FILED ON: 1/17/2025

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 241

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act relative to problem gambling and the public health trust fund.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 58 of chapter 23K of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentences:-

The Department of Public Health shall make annual reports to the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, the Joint Committee on Public Health, the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies on its treatment programs funded by the fund, including but not limited to: (i) the treatment programs funded by the Fund and the amounts they receive; (ii) the number of individuals served by each treatment program funded by the Fund, including whether they are new clients or continuing clients in the programs; (iii) demographic information of those served by treatment programs funded by the fund, including but not limited to the variables of sex, age, race, ethnicity, income, education, geography;  and (iv) the outcomes obtained for individuals enrolled in treatment programs funded by the Fund.