Title: Requires Drug Testing for Unemployment Benefits
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires drug testing for unemployment benefits.
Highlights:
Requires an individual who applies for and receives unemployment benefits to submit to and pass a random drug screening (Secs. 1 & 2).
Specifies that the Department of Workforce Services will administer a drug test before the first and thirteenth weekly benefits payments to a random sample of individuals who apply for and receive unemployment benefits (Secs. 1 & 2).
Prohibits an individual who refuses to submit to a random drug test or tests positive for prohibited drugs from receiving unemployment benefits (Sec. 1).
Prohibits an individual’s drug test results from being released or used as evidence for criminal prosecution (Sec. 1).