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Senate Republicans have added a pilot welfare drug testing program to the midterm budget, and the full Senate is expected to vote on the plan.
The proposal covers a two-year, three-county pilot program that will test participants in the Ohio Works First program, which provides cash benefits to Ohio residents who earn no [...]
A bill that will make it mandatory for welfare recipients in Louisiana to undergo drug testing has been passed by the House Health and Welfare Committee, amid criticism over moral issues. The committee passed the bill 11-5, sending it on to the full House for debate.
This represents a small victory for those [...]
The Oklahoma House has voted to pass House Bill 2388, which would prevent recipients of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families who test positive for drugs from receiving payments, 86-6 on Thursday. The measure is now headed for the governor.
HB 2388 will withhold federal assistance from any applicant who tests positive for illegal drug [...]
The bill that would make it mandatory for welfare recipients to undergo drug testing made it past state lawmakers in Tennessee, having been approved on the last day of the legislative session.
Members of the state House of Representatives voted 73 to 17 in favor of Senate Bill 1580 Tuesday. The bill called [...]
An executive order signed by West Virginia governor Earl Ray Tomblin on April 24 will make it mandatory for West Virginia residents enrolled in state job training programs to undergo drug testing.
Tomblin released the following statement: “I continuously hear from business leaders located all across the state, that they have jobs available [...]
A Tennessee activist posed a challenge to lawmakers regarding drug testing for welfare recipients, calling on them to submit to the same drug test as well.
The challenge was extended by citizen activist Alex Friedman, who described a proposed legislation that will make it mandatory for residents to submit to drug testing [...]
Data from the state of Florida reportedly did not result in direct savings, contrary to the expectation that the policy will save taxpayer money and deter drug users.
An internal document about Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) caseloads indicated that the state’s drug testing policy did not result in fewer cases, [...]
The drug testing bill that would affect cash assistance recipients in Colorado gets through a Colorado House committee. The Health and Environment Committee passed the bill on a 7-5 vote.
House Bill 1046 requires anyone applying for benefits under the federally funded Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program (TANF) to pass a drug [...]
Illinois Senator Shane Cultra, who serves on the Senate’s Public Health Committee, revealed his plans to introduce a bill that would require drug testing for Medicaid recipients in the state.
Cultra said: “It’s about reforming a system that’s broken. If you ID people with a drug habit you can funnel them into a [...]
The provisions of a House bill may lead to cessation of unemployment checks if job applicants receiving unemployment benefits in South Carolina fail drug testing as part of the employment process.
The legislation was introduced by Rep. Eddie Tallon of Spartanburg, and would allow employers to anonymously report positive drug tests to the [...]
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