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Attachment 2 <br />GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA <br />SESSION 2013 <br />SENATE BILL 594 <br />Judiciary II Committee Substitute Adopted 4/10/13 <br />Health Care Committee Substitute Adopted 4/17/13 <br />Fourth Edition Engrossed 4/22/13 <br />4 <br />Short Title: Require Drug Testing/Work First Benefits. (Public) <br />Sponsors: <br />Referred to: <br />April 4, 2013 <br />1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED <br />2 AN ACT TO REQUIRE DRUG SCREENING FOR APPLICANTS FOR AND RECIPIENTS <br />3 OF WORK FIRST PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. <br />4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: <br />5 SECTION 1. G.S. 108A -29.1 reads as rewritten: <br />6 "§ 108A -29.1. Drub testing required for Work <br />7 First Program applicants and recipients. <br />8 (a) Eaeh appliea*t or- e aa� of Wof-k First Pr-ogfam benefits, determined by--a <br />9 <br />10 <br />II ' <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />I7 ' <br />18 . The <br />19 Department shall require a drug test to screen each applicant for or recipient of Work First <br />20 Program assistance. The cost of the drug testing is the responsibility of the individual tested. <br />21 The Department shall provide notice of drug testing esting to each applicant or recipient. The notice <br />22 shall advise the applicant or recipient that drug testing will be conducted as a condition of <br />23 receiving Work First Program assistance, and that the results of the drug tests will remain <br />24 confidential and will not be released to law enforcement. The applicant or recipient shall be <br />25 advised that the required drug testing esting may be avoided if the applicant or recipient does not <br />26 apply for Work First Program assistance. Dependent children under the age of 18 are exempt <br />27 from the requirements of this section. The Department shall require the following <br />28 (1) That for two - parent households, both parents comply with the drug-testing <br />29 requirement. <br />30 (2) That any teen parent who is emancipated pursuant to Article 35 of Chapter <br />31 7B of the General Statutes comply with the drug-testing _ requirement. <br />32 (3) That each applicant or recipient be advised before testing that he or she may <br />33 inform the agent administering the test of any prescription or <br />34 over - the - counter medication he or she is taking. <br />* S 5 9 4- V- 4* <br />3 <br />