By The Weekly Edge desk ·
PlayUSA reported that Illinois enacted Senate Bill 2749, recognising gambling disorder alongside substance-use disorders. The change expands authority for treatment and prevention services but supplies no new funding and does not extend Medicaid eligibility.
Illinois can offer gambling treatment independently of a co-occurring substance-use disorder.
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