Bill Text: NY S02680 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting illegal drug use; authorizes random drug testing of individuals receiving public assistance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S02680 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02680-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2680
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
       AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
         illegal  drug  use and to authorize random drug testing of individuals
         receiving public assistance
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 132 of the social
    2  services law, as added by section 23 of part B of  chapter  436  of  the
    3  laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (b)  When  the  screening  process  indicates  that there is reason to
    5  believe that an applicant or recipient is ILLEGALLY USING ANY  DRUGS  OR
    6  IS  abusing  or  dependent on alcohol or drugs, OR IN THE EVENT A RANDOM
    7  DRUG TEST PERFORMED BY OR ON BEHALF  OF  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT
    8  INDICATES  THE  PRESENCE  OF  ANY  ILLEGAL  DRUGS,  the  social services
    9  district shall require a formal alcohol or substance  abuse  assessment,
   10  which  may  include  drug  testing, to be performed by an alcohol and/or
   11  substance abuse professional credentialed by the  office  of  alcoholism
   12  and  substance  abuse services. The assessment may be performed directly
   13  by the district or pursuant to contract with the district.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
   15  have  become a law provided, however, that the commissioner of temporary
   16  and disability assistance shall have the power to promulgate  any  rules
   17  or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07133-01-3