ID HCR055

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is requested to study the cost of implementing a random drug testing program for adults receiving public assistance in Idaho

Study must determine whether the random drug testing program could become self-funded through savings generated by terminating adults who test positive for controlled substances after ninety days

Department is required to report study findings to the Legislature prior to the commencement of the First Regular Session of the Sixty-first Idaho Legislature

Legislature finds that substance abuse impairs personal responsibility and self-sufficiency, and that testing and treatment of substance abusers on public assistance serves the interests of taxpayers and program participants