Virginia Senate Bill 83 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-03 - Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Substance abuse screening and assessment of public assistance recipients. Requires local departments of social services to screen each participant in the Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW) to determine whether probable cause exists to believe the participant is engaged in the use of illegal substances. The bill provides that when a screening indicates cause to believe a participant is using illegal substances, the local department of social services shall require a formal substance abuse assessment of the participant, which may include drug testing. In cases in which drug testing is required, the participant shall pay the cost of such 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 substances shall be ineligible to receive TANF payments for a period of one year, unless he enters into and complies with the requirements of a drug treatment program; however, an individual has one opportunity during the subsequent 12-month period to comply with the screening, assessment, or treatment requirements and be reinstated to eligibility for TANF benefits.

VIEW; screening and assessment of public assistance recipients for use of illegal substances.

Sen. Richard Black [R]

Sen. Jeffrey McWaters [R]

2012-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-03		Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
2012-02-03		Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
2012-02-03		Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
2012-01-30		Senate: Assigned Rehab sub: Social Services
2012-01-09		Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2012-01-09		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100217D

SB6 (Similar To) 2012-02-27 - 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+SB83
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB83+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S09V0031+SB0083