Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act
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What it doesSummary 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.
What just happenedMay 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseApr 30, 2015
- May 18, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Work and Welfare Subcommittee - May 1, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Apr 30, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Apr 30, 2015IntroReferralH11100-A
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, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - Apr 30, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 30, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House