Tennessee § 4-49-119 Responsible sports wagering

Tennessee Statutes

§ 4-49-119 — Responsible sports wagering

Tennessee § 4-49-119

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-49-119 (2026).

Text

(a)Licensees shall allow bettors to restrict themselves from placing wagers with the licensee, including limits on the time spent betting and amounts wagered, and take reasonable steps to prevent those bettors from placing such wagers. At the request of a bettor, a licensee may share the request with the council for the sole purpose of disseminating the request to other licensees.

(b)The council shall promulgate rules that require a licensee to implement responsible sports wagering programs that include comprehensive training on responding to circumstances in which individuals present signs of a gambling addiction.

(c)(1) (A) The department of mental health and substance abuse services shall use the funds distributed to the department under § 4-49-104(e)(3) to oversee one (1) or more gr

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(a) Licensees shall allow bettors to restrict themselves from placing wagers with the licensee, including limits on the time spent betting and amounts wagered, and take reasonable steps to prevent those bettors from placing such wagers. At the request of a bettor, a licensee may share the request with the council for the sole purpose of disseminating the request to other licensees. (b) The council shall promulgate rules that require a licensee to implement responsible sports wagering programs that include comprehensive training on responding to circumstances in which individuals present signs of a gambling addiction. (c) (1) (A) The department of mental health and substance abuse services shall use the funds distributed to the department under § 4-49-104(e)(3) to oversee one (1) or more grant programs with organizations to provide treatment services for individuals in the following priority: (i) Primarily, to address problem gambling and gambling disorders, and to establish prevention initiatives to reduce the number of individuals with problem gambling or gambling disorders; and (ii) Secondarily, to address juvenile addiction and mental health disorders. (B) The department may also use the funds distributed to the department to cover its actual administrative costs and the costs of professional services associated with overseeing each grant program. (2) The department shall annually generate a report outlining the activities of the department with respect to funding received under this part for problem gambling, gambling disorders, and juvenile addiction and mental health disorders, including, but not limited to, descriptions of programs, therapies, grants, and other resources made available, the success and outcomes of utilizing such programs, therapies, grant programs, and resources, the number of persons treated, the number of persons who complete programs and therapies, and the rate of recidivism, if known. The department shall file the annual report with the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives, and shall publish the report on its website, no later than January 1 of each year. The annual report must include an itemization of the department's expenditures relating to administrative costs and professional services associated with its activities under this subsection (c).

Legislative History

Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 482, s 2, eff. 5/17/2023. Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 482, s 1, eff. 5/17/2023. Renumbered from T.C.A. s4-51-319by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 593, s 30, eff. 1/1/2022. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 593, s 27, eff. 1/1/2022. Added by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 507, s 1, eff. 7/1/2019.