Anonymous ID: 7ca880 Feb. 9, 2019, 7:59 p.m. No.5101173   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1320 >>1501 >>1703 >>1790

Alabama Bill Would Require Drug Test for Food Stamp Recipients

 

A bill introduced in Alabama would require some food stamp recipients to get a drug test.

 

The bill and several others taking aim at the state’s welfare program would prohibit work waivers for people without children and require some people on welfare to work, volunteer, or get an education along with the drug test requirement.

 

Rep. Tommy Hanes, a Republican, said that the bills would make the food stamp program, known nationally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program, more efficient and make sure taxpayer money was being used in the right way.

 

“It’s time to eliminate food stamp fraud,” Hanes told WAAY. “In order to better provide for families who are in need, this issue must be addressed. We owe it to the working-class taxpayers to make this program as efficient and waste-free as possible.”

 

HB3, one of the bills, says that the Department of Human Resources should administer a drug test for a food stamp applicant “upon reasonable suspicion of illegal substance use.”

 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/alabama-bill-would-require-drug-test-for-food-stamp-recipients_2795457.html