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On 7 January 2011, HB208 was introduced to the Kentucky state legislature's House of Representatives. That bill sought to modify existing state rules to require that adults who receive public assistance participate in (and pass) a substance abuse screening program once a year: However, contrary to what was stated in the Facebook-circulated example cited above, it is false to say that Kentucky passed such a law. The bill was merely a proposal which was introduced to one house of the state legislature and was not brought to a vote. According to the [Louisville] Courier-Journal: In July 2011, the state of Florida enacted a law requiring adults applying for welfare assistance to undergo drug screening: Enforcement of the Florida law was temporarily halted in October 2011 through a temporary injunction issued by a federal judge after the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of a Florida resident who was denied benefits when he refused to take a drug test, arguing that mandatory drug testing of welfare recipients without probable cause violated the constitutional prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures: In December 2013, a U.S. District Judge upheld that ruling and struck down the Florida drug testing law: In July 2011, Missouri governor Jay Nixon signed off on a similar drug screening bill in that state: In 1999 the state of Michigan implemented a program requiring random drug testing for welfare recipients, but that program was halted after a federal court ruled that it violated Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure. In May 2012, Oklahoma passed a law requiring welfare applicants to be screened for possible drug use and drug tested upon suspicion they are using. They would be denied benefits if they test positive.
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