Surveillance of gambling disorder

Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 317V (42 U.S.C. 247b–24) the following: 317W. Surveillance of gambling addiction (a) In general The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in coordination with other appropriate agencies, shall, as appropriate— (1) enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to track the epidemiology of gambling addiction; and (2) incorporate information obtained through such infrastructure and activities into an integrated surveillance system, which may consist of or include a registry, to be known as the National Gambling Addiction Surveillance System. (b) Research The Secretary shall ensure that the National Gambling Addiction Surveillance System, if established, is designed in a manner that facilitates further research on gambling addiction. (c) Public access Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary shall ensure that information and analysis in the National Gambling Addiction Surveillance System, if established, are available, as appropriate, to the public, including researchers. (d) Privacy The Secretary shall ensure that information and analysis in the National Gambling Addiction Surveillance System, if established, are made available only to the extent permitted by applicable Federal and State law, and in a manner that protects personal privacy, to the extent required by applicable Federal and State privacy law, at a minimum..