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 · Feb 8, 2019

Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act

This bill allows states to enact unemployment compensation laws that require an applicant for unemployment compensation, before receiving any such compensation, 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 determined to be high-risk. It prescribes retesting requirements and payment suspensions for applicants who test positive.

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 (Feb 8, 2019): Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 8, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.