S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7079
I N S E N A T E
April 27, 2012
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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 social
16 services shall have the power to promulgate any rules or regulations
17 necessary for the implementation of this act.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15466-01-2