Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Florida to test all welfare recipients for drugs

Florida to test all welfare recipients for drugs...new law signed by Governor Rick Scott on Tuesday. The measure makes Florida the only state to test all recipients of the federal program known as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, according a Washington-based public policy group that says other states have chosen less obtrusive ways to monitor drug use. The new law, a version of which was struck down by a federal court in Michigan in 2003, requires recipients to pay for the tests before qualifying for benefits and periodically after they receive them.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/31/us-florida-welfare-drugs-idUSTRE74U6W320110531?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=22&sp=true


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