l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2059

Public assistance benefits; require applicants to submit to drug screening and testing to qualify.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE ADULT APPLICANTS FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS IN MISSISSIPPI TO SUBMIT TO DRUG-SCREENING AND TESTING IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY SUCH PERSON WHOSE TEST RESULTS ARE POSITIVE REGARDING THE PRESENCE OF ANY UNLAWFUL DRUG IN THE PERSON'S SYSTEM SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BASED ON THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE DRUG TESTS; TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES AND EXCEPTIONS FOR SUCH DRUG-SCREENING OR TESTING; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR WILLFUL VIOLATIONS OF DRUG-SCREENING AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS; TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY STATE AGENCY TO PROVIDE ANY PUBLIC BENEFIT IN VIOLATION OF DRUG-SCREENING AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-13-115, 43-17-1, 71-5-511 AND 43-33-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SPECIFICALLY REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, THE OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AND THE MISSISSIPPI HOUSING AUTHORITIES TO REQUIRE APPLICANTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO SUBMIT TO DRUG-SCREENING AND TESTING AS REQUIRED UNDER 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 Senate

Its course

January 10 to February 4, 2014, 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 SenateJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 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.

In the Senate Jan 10 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 10Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate