Mississippi Senate Bill 2990 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require Adult Applicants For Public Benefits In Mississippi To Submit To Random Drug Testing In Order To Be Eligible; To Provide That Any Such Person Whose Test Results Are Positive Regarding The Presence Of Any Unlawful Drug In The Person's System Shall Be Ineligible To Receive Public Assistance For A Period Of Time Based On The Number Of Positive Drug Tests; To Provide Procedures And Exceptions For Such Random Drug Testing; To Provide Criminal Penalties For Willful Violations Of Random Drug Testing Requirements; To Make It Unlawful For Any State Agency To Provide Any Public Benefit In Violation Of Random Drug Testing Requirements; To Amend Sections 43-13-115, 43-17-1, 71-5-511 And 43-33-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specifically Require The Division Of Medicaid, The Department Of Human Services, The Office Of Employment Security And The Mississippi Housing Authorities To Require Applicants Of Public Assistance Programs To Submit To Random Drug Testing As Required Under This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Public assistance benefits; require applicants to submit to random drug testing to qualify.

Sen. Thomas Gollott [R]

Sen. Billy Hewes [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-18		Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/SB/SB2990.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2990IN.htm