Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 338
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 12-14-1-3.5.
Synopsis: Drug use by TANF recipients. Requires that an application
for assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
program (TANF) must contain a statement to be signed under the
penalties of perjury by an individual who will receive TANF assistance
that the individual: (1) does not currently use a controlled substance
without a valid prescription or order of a practitioner acting in the
course of the practitioner's professional practice; and (2) agrees not to
use a controlled substance without a valid prescription or order of a
practitioner acting in the course of the practitioner's professional
practice while the individual is receiving TANF assistance.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider
Services.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)
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SENATE BILL No. 338
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
human services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 12-14-1-3.5; (12)IN0338.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 12-14-1-3.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2012]:
Sec. 3.5. An application for assistance under the TANF
program must contain a statement that must be signed under the
penalties of perjury by an individual who will receive assistance
under the TANF program either on behalf of a dependent child or
for the individual. The statement must state that the individual:
(1) does not currently use a controlled substance (as defined
in IC 35-48-1-9) without a valid prescription or order of a
practitioner acting in the course of the practitioner's
professional practice; and
(2) agrees not to use a controlled substance (as defined in
IC 35-48-1-9):
(A) without a valid prescription or order of a practitioner
acting in the course of the practitioner's professional
practice; and
(B) while the individual is receiving assistance under the
TANF program.