H.R. 2148 · 114th Congress
Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act
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Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 30, 2015
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act
Latest action (May 18, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 30, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.