# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 19. Health Care Facilities

### Subtitle 8. Problem Gamblers

#### Section 19-802

The General Assembly finds that:

(1) Problem gambling is a serious social problem;

(2) There is evidence that the availability of gambling increases the risk of becoming a problem gambler; and

(3) This State, with its extensive legalized gambling, has an obligation to provide a program of treatment for problem gamblers.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)