US Congress House Bill 3601 (Prior Session Legislation)

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December 14 2011 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2261)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act - Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require state unemployment compensation (UC) laws to require, as a condition of UC eligibility for a benefit year, an applicant, before receiving any UC, to: (1) complete a substance abuse risk assessment; and (2) test negative for controlled substances within one week after the results of such assessment if the state determines that the applicant is a high-risk. Prescribes retesting requirements and UC payment suspensions for applicants who test positive. Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide funding for such substance abuse testing out of current funds appropriated for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) and, after application of those funds, for the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program.

Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act

Rep Kingston, Jack	Rep Bilirakis, Gus M.	Rep Farenthold, Blake	Rep Pearce, Stevan
Rep Roby, Martha	Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr.	Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-12-14	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2261)
2011-12-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
2011-12-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-12-07	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-12-07	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-12-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN03601:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3601ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr3601ih.pdf