Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act

Bill: 119-s-454
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2025-02-06
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Gambling

Health programs administration and funding

Medical research

Research administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide grants to states to address gambling addiction, and authorizes the National Institute on Drug Abuse to provide grants for research on gambling addiction.</p><p>The&nbsp;bill authorizes appropriations for&nbsp;the grant programs through FY2034 from a portion&nbsp;of the revenue from the federal excise tax on state-authorized wagers (e.g., state-authorized sports betting).</p><p>Additionally,&nbsp;SAMHSA must allocate its grants for addressing gambling addiction among the states in the same ratios as grants under the&nbsp;Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant program. The bill also requires a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the programs established by the bill.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 454 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025 Mr. Blumenthal introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act . 2. Grants to address gambling addiction (a) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (1) In general 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). (2) Determination of amount The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use shall— (A) 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 (B) 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). (3) Definition 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 ). (b) National Institute on Drug Abuse The Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse may award grants to support research on gambling addiction. (c) Report 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). (d) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034— (1) 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 (2) to carry out subsection (b), the amount that is 12.5 percent of such amount estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury.