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Welfare recipients could be tested for illegal drugs
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| Last Edited | None Entered Sep 16, 2004 11:56pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, September 16, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | LANSING -- Welfare recipients could be required to take a drug test to continue receiving state aid under legislation on its way to the state House.
The bill approved Wednesday by the House Family and Children Services Committee would allow the Family Independence Agency to require a drug test if one of its employees has probable cause to suspect a recipient of substance abuse.
It's the first time the Legislature has taken up the issue since the American Civil Liberties Union and the state reached a settlement to end their four-year dispute over the state's 1999 pilot program to drug test all welfare recipients. The agreement followed an April 2003 ruling by the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that said the drug-testing program violated the Fourth Amendment.
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