Virginia House Bill 955 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: 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. This bill provides that, when a screening indicates reasonable cause to believe a participant is using illegal drugs, the Department shall require a formal substance abuse assessment of the participant, which may include 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; screening and assessment of public assistance recipients for use of illegal substances.

Del. David Albo [R]	Del. Robert Bell [R]	Del. Mark Cole [R]	Del. Gordon Helsel [R]
Del. Keith Hodges [R]	Del. James Massie [R]	Del. Charles Poindexter [R]	Del. David Ramadan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-14		House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2012-01-23		House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB73-Bell, Richard P.) by voice vote
2012-01-20		House: Assigned HWI sub: #1
2012-01-11		House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2012-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102286D

HB73 (Similar To) 2012-02-08 - House: Continued to 2013 in Appropriations by voice vote

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?121+sum+HB955
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB955+hil