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SB 725 – This act requires the Department of Social Services to develop a program to screen and test each work-eligible applicant or work-eligible recipient of temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) benefits when a case worker believes, based on reasonable cause from the screening, that such person engages in illegal use of controlled substances. Any applicant or recipient who is found to have tested positive for the use of a controlled substance after an administrative hearing shall be declared ineligible for temporary assistance for needy families benefits for a period of two years from the date of the administrative hearing decision. However, such person shall continue to receive benefits if such person successfully completes a substance abuse treatment program administered by the division of alcohol and drug abuse and does not test positive for illegal use of a controlled substance in the 6 month period beginning on the date the individual enters such treatment program. The individual shall receive benefits while in treatment. Other members of a household which includes a person who has been declared ineligible for TANF benefits shall, if otherwise eligible, continue to receive TANF benefits as protective or vendor payments to a third-party payee for the benefit of the members of the household. The department shall promulgate rules to develop the screening and testing provisions of this section. This act is similar to SB 602, SB 607, and SB 615 (2010). ADRIANE CROUSE
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