An act to require drug tests to unemployment applicants
Caroline Leftwich and Elizabeth Lund
St. Cecilia Academy
Tennessee spends $381,000,000 on unemployment each year. These delegates proposed a required drug test to all unemployment applicants. The applicants would be given five days prior notice and would be strongly urged to participate in drug counseling programs if they test positive. Additionally, they could apply for unemployment again six months after their failed test. Several delegates questioned the funding for these rehabilitation programs, and they informed them the funding is already built in to the Medicaid funds. Other skeptical delegates questioned whether the applicants could rid their system of drugs within the five days. Ultimately, the bill was passed because of the estimated $791,000,000 the state would save.
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