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HR 372 · in committee · significant

Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act

What this bill does

  • States must test welfare applicants for drugs based on arrest history or risk screening.
  • People applying for TANF, food assistance, or public housing are subject to testing.
  • Those who test positive lose benefits for one year or until completing treatment.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would states determine which welfare applicants meet the arrest-history threshold for drug testing?

  2. 02

    What evidence exists that drug testing welfare recipients reduces substance abuse compared to treatment-focused alternatives?

  3. 03

    How might a one-year benefit loss affect individuals with family dependents who test positive?

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David Rouzer

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Introduced 2025-02-20

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-20 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

  2. 2025-01-13 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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.

  3. 2025-01-13 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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.

  4. 2025-01-13 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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.

  5. 2025-01-13 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  6. 2025-01-13 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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