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A01998 Summary:

BILL NOA01998 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDiPietro

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COSPNSRBendett

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §132-b, Soc Serv L

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Requires recipients of public assistance benefits submit to pre-qualification drug screening and testing, random drug testing, reasonable suspicion drug testing and resumption of benefits drug testing.

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BILL NOA01998 

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01/14/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1998

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO, BENDETT -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring recip-
 ients of public assistance benefits submit to pre-qualification drug
 screening and testing, random drug testing, reasonable suspicion drug
 testing and resumption of benefits drug testing

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 132-b to read as follows:
 3 § 132-b. Drug testing. 1. Every person who a. is eligible to receive
 4 TANF assistance or who receives TANF assistance on behalf of a child;
 5 and b. is at least eighteen years of age shall, as a condition of
 6 receiving TANF assistance, submit to drug testing, random drug testing,
 7 reasonable suspicion drug testing and resumption of benefits drug test-
 8 ing, in accordance with the requirements of this section and otherwise
 9 comply with the provisions of this section.
 10 2. Each local social services office shall, at the time an applicant
 11 applies for TANF assistance:
 12 a. require the applicant to take a written substance abuse subtle
 13 screening inventory test administered by a county office; and
 14 b. notify the applicant that:
 15 (1) the applicant is required to take a written substance abuse subtle
 16 screening inventory test;
 17 (2) the applicant may be subject to random drug testing based on the
 18 results of the test described in paragraph a of this subdivision;
 19 (3) the applicant may be subject to drug testing if the county office
 20 believes, based on reasonable suspicion as set forth in subdivision
 21 three of this section, that the individual is engaged in the illegal use
 22 of a controlled substance;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 (4) if the applicant tests positive on a drug test administered under
 2 this section, the individual or the child on whose behalf the individual
 3 receives TANF assistance may be ineligible for TANF assistance;
 4 (5) if the applicant tests positive on a drug test administered under
 5 this section, the amount of the cost of the drug test will be withheld
 6 from any future TANF assistance the individual receives if the individ-
 7 ual continues to receive TANF assistance; and
 8 (6) if the applicant tests positive on a drug test administered under
 9 this section, the amount of the cost of any subsequent drug tests the
 10 individual is required to undergo will be withheld from the TANF assist-
 11 ance the individual receives, if the individual continues to receive
 12 TANF assistance, regardless of whether the individual tests positive or
 13 tests negative on the drug test.
 14 3. a. A local social services office is considered to have reasonable
 15 suspicion to believe that an individual is engaged in the illegal use of
 16 a controlled substance if one or more of the following apply:
 17 (1) the individual has been charged with an offense under article two
 18 hundred twenty (controlled substances offenses) or two hundred twenty-
 19 two (cannabis) of the penal law;
 20 (2) the results of the substance abuse subtle screening inventory test
 21 indicate that the individual is a risk for the illegal use of a
 22 controlled substance; or
 23 (3) the individual has previously failed a drug test administered