Virginia House Bill 836 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients. Requires local departments of social services to screen each VIEW program participant to determine whether probable cause exists to believe the participant is engaged in the use of illegal drugs. The bill provides that when a screening indicates reasonable cause to believe a participant is using illegal drugs, the Department of Social Services shall require drug testing. Any person who fails or refuses to participate in a screening or assessment without good cause or who tests positive for the use of illegal drugs shall be ineligible to receive TANF payments for a period of one year.

VIEW; substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance applicants and recipients.

Del. Benjamin Cline [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2016-01-20	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
2016-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2016-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102825D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	608.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB836
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB836+hil