Ch. 4                                                                                   2007 Laws of Maryland

(IV) Continuing care services:

[(vi)] (V) Educational services[.];

[(vii)] (VI) Services for victims of domestic violence;

AND

(VII) Other preventive or rehabilitative services or treatment.

(2) Research and training that are designed to improve or extend these
services are proper items of expense.

(b)     The Secretary shall conduct a prevalence study and
replication prevalence studies to measure the rate of problem and
pathological gambling in the State.

(c)     (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the
Secretary shall contract with an independent researcher to
conduct the prevalence studies.

(2) The Secretary shall utilize the most current
psychiatric or diagnostic criteria for problem and pathological
gambling as the basis for the prevalence studies.

(d)     the initial prevalence study shall be completed on or
before july 1, 2009.

(e)     replication prevalence studies shall be conducted no
less than every 5 years with measures taken to permit comparisons
between the initial prevalence study and subsequent replication
prevalence studies.

[(b)] (F) Services under this subtitle shall be provided by public agencies or.
under contract, by nonprofit organizations.

Article - State Government

9-105.

(a) The Commission consists of [5] NINE members appointed by the Governor
with the advice and consent of the Senate.

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