13 CSR 40-2.410 - Screening Temporary Assistance Applicants and Recipients for Illegal Use of a Controlled Substance
PURPOSE: This amendment changes (1)(B)2. by adding the term "suspended imposition of sentence," deletes language in (1)(C), amends (1)(D) to clarify when the three (3) year period of ineligibil-ity begins for a refusal to cooperate with the screening process and adds clarifying language to section (2).
(1) The Family Support
Division shall conduct a screening to determine illegal use of a controlled
substance for all Temporary Assistance applicants and recipients who are age
eighteen (18) or older, are the head-of-the-household, and are otherwise
eligible for Temporary Assistance benefits as defined in
13
CSR 40-2.300 through
13
CSR 40-2.370.
(A)
The individual must cooperate with the screening process.
1. The individual must agree to complete the
screening process.
2. The
individual must answer all questions.
(B) Screening shall consist of the following
two (2) processes:
1. The individual shall
submit answers to a screening tool administrated by the Family Support Division
at the time of application; and
2.
The Family Support Division shall conduct a periodic match of Temporary
Assistance recipients with the Missouri State Highway Patrol law enforcement
records for individuals that have an arrest, suspended imposition of sentence,
or conviction for a misdemeanor or felony drug offense upon implementation of
the screening process.
(C) The individual may request referral to
and then must successfully complete an appropriate substance abuse treatment
program as set forth in
13
CSR 40-2.430 in lieu of a drug test as set forth in
13
CSR 40-2.420
(D) The division shall not provide Temporary
Assistance to or on behalf of an individual who refuses to cooperate with the
screening process. The individual is ineligible for Temporary Assistance for a
period of three (3) years from the date of a refusal to cooperate with the
screening process or an administrative hearing decision if a hearing is
requested and the division is affirmed. The hearing process is set forth in
13 CSR
40-2.440.
(2) TThe individual shall submit to a urine
dipstick five- (5-) panel drug test, as set forth in
13
CSR 40-2.420 if-
(A)
The individual's response to the screening tool gives rise to reasonable
suspicion the individual engages in the illegal use of a controlled substance;
or
(B) An individual has an arrest
or conviction for a misdemeanor or felony drug offense from the match with the
Missouri Highway Patrol within the preceding twelve (12) months of the date of
the match with the Missouri Highway Patrol.
Notes
*Original authority: 208.027, RSMo 2011.
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