1. (1) Under T.C.A. § 40-33-211, a portion of the TDMHSAS ADAT Funds for D.U.I. Offenders shall be used to fund the TDMHSAS ADAT Problem Gambling Program along with any grants, gifts, or contributions, or other appropriations made to supplement the fund for services. D.U.I. OFFENDERS AND PEOLE WITH PROBLEM GAMBLING DISORDERS

2. (2) The TDMHSAS ADAT Problem Gambling Program shall provide prevention, early intervention, assessment or referral, and evaluation services including the following:

   1. (a) Establishing an information and referral hotline to provide public education regarding compulsive gambling and to make treatment referrals;
   2. (b) Coordinating activities, services and gathering data on the prevalence of problems regarding compulsive gambling;
   3. (c) Training personnel in the prevention of gambling disorders and in the screening and assessment of these disorders; and
   4. (d) Making assessment services available through local treatment providers.
3. (3) The TDMHSAS ADAT Problem Gambling Program shall provide treatment services only to the extent that funds exist to do so and still accomplish the goals of the ADAT fund under T.C.A. § 40-33-211.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-4-103, 33-1-302, 33-1-305, and 40-33-211. Administrative History: Original rule filed January 4, 2010; effective April 4, 2010. Administrative corrections made to agency names in December 2022 pursuant to Public Chapter 575 of 2012.