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          Date of Hearing:   March 3, 2011

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                       HR 6 (Hall) - As Amended:  March 1, 2011
           

          SUBJECT  :   Problem Gambling Awareness Week.

           SUMMARY  :   Recognizes the week of March 6 to March 12, 2011, as 
          Problem Gambling Awareness Week and commends various state 
          agencies and private organizations for their concerted effort to 
          raise public awareness of problem gambling.  Specifically,  this 
          resolution  makes the following legislative findings:  

          1)Problem gambling is a public health issue affecting 
            Californians of all ages, races, and ethnic backgrounds in all 
            communities and has a significant societal and economic cost.

          2)Treatment for problem gambling is effective and minimizes the 
            harm done by problem gambling to individuals and to society as 
            a whole; and calls to the statewide toll-free helpline, 
            1-800-GAMBLER, have increased by approximately 78 percent 
            since the creation of the Office of Problem and Pathological 
            Gambling within the State Department of Alcohol and Drug 
            Programs in 2003.

          3)The National Council on Problem Gambling has designated the 
            week of March 6 to March 12, 2011, inclusive, as Problem 
            Gambling Awareness Week; and, numerous individuals, 
            professionals, and organizations have coordinated their 
            efforts to better educate the public about problem gambling 
            and the availability and effectiveness of treatments.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.








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          Analysis Prepared by :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800