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Louisiana Up Next On National Trend That Eyes Drug Testing For Public Assistance

As West Virginia's public assistance and unemployment drug testing legislation hits a snag, Louisiana jumps into the fray and joins the growing group of U.S. States that are considering legislation that will require substance abuse testing for public assistance and welfare. Louisiana State Representative John LaBruzzo is planning on filing legislation to drug test all welfare recipients as well as to ban individuals who have been convicted on felony drug charges from receiving public assistance for 10 years. With a bad economy being the main engine behind this drive to drug test for public assistance, you can bet that states who are looking to tighten their belts financially will soon follow suit and introduce their own random testing requirements.

MMC INSIDER UPDATE: West Virginia's current bill recently suffered a setback and and Arizona's bill was defeated in January. Bills in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Hawaii, Florida and Minnesota are currently front and center on each of their respective statehouse agendas.


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