US Congress House Bill 2148 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: Introduced on April 30 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to require state unemployment compensation (UC) laws to require, as a condition of UC eligibility for a benefit year, an applicant, before receiving any UC, to: (1) complete a substance abuse risk assessment; and (2) test negative for controlled substances within one week after the results of such assessment if the state determines that the applicant is a high-risk. Prescribes retesting requirements and UC payment suspensions for applicants who test positive. Amends SSAct title XVIII (Medicare) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide funding for such substance abuse testing out of current funds appropriated for the Independent Payment Advisory Board and, after application of those funds, for the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program.

Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act

Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]
Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]
Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
2015-05-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-04-30	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-04-30	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-04-30	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-04-30	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2148/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2148/BILLS-114hr2148ih.pdf