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Drug Testing for Unemployment

By: Joe Griffin
Updated: March 19, 2009
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A proposed bill (HR 1135 and 1136) in the Texas House could make drug testing required for those applying for unemployment benefits.

Those who test positive for illegal drugs would be ineligible for unemployment.

With more people applying for unemployment, that means higher taxes on Texas businesses, and this new bill would cut down on the number of people eligible.

If this bill passes both the house and the senate, drug testing will start as of September 1 of this year.

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