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Budget Amendments - HB1600 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Krizek
VCU - Virginia Research Center on Gaming and Health

Item 196 #3h

Item 196 #3h

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Education: Higher Education
Virginia Commonwealth University FY2025 $400,000 FY2026 $0 GF

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Page 264, line 24, strike "$360,394,910" and insert "$360,794,910".

Page 264, after line 48, insert:

"E. Out of this appropriation, $400,000 the first year from the general fund is designated for the creation of the Virginia Research Center on Gaming and Health (Center).  The Center will conduct research on gambling behaviors, attitudes and risk to ensure that more gambling access will not negatively impact communities and families. The Center will also document whether gambling prevalence and risk change over time among different regions and demographics to help identify and target communities that need education, outreach or problem gambling services and monitor trends and develop resources to create meaningful changes for people whose lives have been impacted by gambling."



Explanation

(This amendment requests funding to create the Virginia Research Center on Gaming and Health.)