Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 138
Medicaid; require testing of applicants and recipients for illegal drugs.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT APPLICANTS FOR AND RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAID BENEFITS WHO ARE 13 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE A DRUG TEST TO DETERMINE THEIR ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE OR CONTINUE RECEIVING THE BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT IF AN APPLICANT FOR OR RECIPIENT OF MEDICAID BENEFITS TESTS POSITIVE FOR ANY PROHIBITED DRUG, THE APPLICANT OR RECIPIENT SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 90 DAYS; TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER THAT PERIOD, A PERSON MAY REAPPLY TO RECEIVE MEDICAID BENEFITS AND WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS IF THE PERSON PASSES ANOTHER DRUG TEST; TO DIRECT THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO PERFORM THE DRUG TESTING OF MEDICAID APPLICANTS AND RECIPIENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COST OF THE INITIAL DRUG TEST SHALL BE PAID IN EQUAL PARTS BY THE DIVISION AND THE DEPARTMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS FAILING TO PASS THE INITIAL DRUG TEST SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE COST OF ANY LATER TESTS; TO DIRECT THE DIVISION TO APPLY FOR A FEDERAL WAIVER TO ALLOW FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE FEDERAL WAIVER; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-115, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 7 to March 6, 2012, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 7 to Mar 6 · stopped28 days
MedicaidFeb 7 to Mar 6 · stopped28 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.