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HR 2148 114th Congress House Labor and Employment Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Medical tests and diagnostic methods Unemployment

Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act

Introduced: April 30, 2015 Introduced by: Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" Republican · Georgia See on congress.gov
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May 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
May 1, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 30, 2015
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.
Apr 30, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now May 18, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 7