Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 13, 2010 |
referred to social services |
Assembly Bill A11708
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GABRYSZAK
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A11708 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A11708 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11708 I N A S S E M B L Y October 13, 2010 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gabryszak) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to drug testing of certain public assistance applicants and providing for the repeal of certain provisions relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. 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, para- graphs (a) and (c) as amended by chapter 214 of the laws of 1998, para- graphs (d), (e), (f) and (g) as amended by section 43-a and paragraph (i) as added by section 44 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 4. (a) Investigation into the cause of the condition of a head of household or of any adult applicant [or recipient], WHO IS OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, and the treatment which will be helpful to such person shall include a URINE DRUG TEST screening PROCESS for alcohol and/or substance abuse using a standardized screening [instrument] PROC- ESS to be developed by the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services in consultation with the department. Such screening shall be performed by a social services district at the time of application and periodically thereafter but not more frequently than every six months[, unless the district has reason to believe that an applicant or recipient is abusing or dependent on alcohol or drugs, in accordance with regu- lations promulgated by the department]. (b) When the screening process indicates that there is reason to believe that an applicant or recipient is abusing or dependent on alco- hol or drugs, the social services district shall [require a formal alco- hol 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] IMMEDIATELY DENY SUCH APPLICANT OR RECIPIENT, WHO IS OVER EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD18157-01-0
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