STATE OF NEW YORK
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2943--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 30, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Social Services in accordance with Senate
Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to drug testing of
certain public assistance applicants, prohibiting the sale or purchase
of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products or lottery tickets with
public assistance benefits and prohibiting use of or access to such
benefits in a casino, liquor store or adult entertainment facility;
and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the
public assistance integrity fund
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "welfare reform act".
3 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 132 of the social services law, as
4 added by section 23 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, para-
5 graphs (a) and (c) as amended by chapter 214 of the laws of 1998, para-
6 graphs (d), (e), (f) and (g) as amended by section 43-a and paragraph
7 (i) as added by section 44 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2008,
8 is amended to read as follows:
9 4. (a) Investigation into [the cause of] the condition of a head of
10 household or of any adult applicant [or recipient and the treatment
11 which will be helpful to such person], who is under the age of sixty-
12 five years, shall include a urine drug test screening process for [alco-
13 hol and/or substance abuse] illegal use of controlled substances using a
14 standardized screening [instrument] process to be developed by the
15 office of alcoholism and substance abuse services in consultation with
16 the department of health. Such screening shall be performed by a social
17 services district at the time of application [and periodically thereaft-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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