| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2012 |
referred to social services |
Senate Bill S7079
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee
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2011-S7079 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S7079 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7079
TITLE OF BILL:
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
PURPOSE:
To prohibit illegal drug use and authorize random drug testing of indi-
viduals receiving public assistance.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 132 of the
social services law to allow random drug testing or drug testing when
there is reason to believe an applicant or recipient of public assist-
ance is illegally using any drugs or is dependent on alcohol or drugs;
Section 2. provides for the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
This bill was created in response to the growing suspicion that some
individuals who receive public assistance are also using illegal drugs.
Therefore, this bill would permit local social services districts who
may have some concerns of illegal drug use to drug test applicants or
recipient of public assistance.
2011-S7079 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
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:
Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 132 of the social
services law, as added by section 23 of part B of chapter 436 of the
laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
(b) When the screening process indicates that there is reason to
believe that an applicant or recipient is ILLEGALLY USING ANY DRUGS OR
IS abusing or dependent on alcohol or drugs, OR IN THE EVENT A RANDOM
DRUG TEST PERFORMED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT
INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF ANY ILLEGAL DRUGS, the social services
district shall require a formal alcohol or substance abuse assessment,
which may include drug testing, to be performed by an alcohol and/or
substance abuse professional credentialed by the office of alcoholism
and substance abuse services. The assessment may be performed directly
by the district or pursuant to contract with the district.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law provided, however, that the commissioner of social
services shall have the power to promulgate any rules or regulations
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
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