l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

House Bill 1371

Drug testing; authorize for persons receiving public assistance benefits.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Drug Policy Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS WHO ARE 13 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER SHALL BE SUBJECT TO TAKING A DRUG TEST ON A RANDOM BASIS TO DETERMINE THEIR ELIGIBILITY TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THE BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A RECIPIENT IS GIVEN A DRUG TEST AND HE OR SHE TESTS POSITIVE FOR ANY PROHIBITED DRUG, THE RECIPIENT MUST RECEIVE TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE THROUGH A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER OR A LOCAL MEDICAL PROVIDER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE RECIPIENT WILL REMAIN ELIGIBLE TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THE BENEFITS WHILE RECEIVING THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT; TO REQUIRE THE RECIPIENT TO PRESENT DOCUMENTED PROOF FROM A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER OR A LOCAL MEDICAL PROVIDER, NOT LATER THAN 90 DAYS AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR A DRUG, THAT HE OR SHE IS FREE FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THE BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT PRESENT DOCUMENTED PROOF THAT HE OR SHE IS FREE FROM SUBSTANCE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME, THE 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 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS, AND WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS AGAIN IF THE PERSON PASSES ANOTHER DRUG TEST; TO DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER A TESTING PROGRAM WITH SUCH STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES DEEMED NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL TESTING REQUIRED UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE PERFORMED AT THE MISSISSIPPI CRIME LABORATORY OR AT A LABORATORY APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI CRIME LABORATORY; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-13-115 AND 43-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO REPEAL SECTION 43-17-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR A WRITTEN SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE, DRUG TESTING AND A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT PLAN FOR CERTAIN ADULT APPLICANTS FOR TANF BENEFITS; 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

Its course

February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days

Drug PolicyFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 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 House of Representatives Feb 8 – Feb 23

  1. Feb 8Referred to the House committees on Drug Policy and on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Drug Policy;Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives