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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment
Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act''.

SEC. 2. DRUG SCREENING MADE A CONDITION OF BENEFIT RECEIPT.

(a) In General.--Section 303(l) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 503(l)) is amended to read as follows:
''(l)(1) Nothing in this Act or any other provision of Federal law
shall be considered to prevent a State from enacting legislation to
provide for testing an applicant for unemployment compensation for the
unlawful use of controlled substances as a condition for receiving such
compensation, including legislation that provides for the following
procedures:
''(A) No regular compensation may be paid to an applicant
for such compensation with respect to a benefit year unless,
before the receipt of any such compensation--
''(i) the applicant has completed a substance abuse
risk assessment for such benefit year; and
''(ii) subject to subparagraph (B), if the State
determines based on the results of such assessment that
the applicant is a high-risk applicant, not later than
1 week after the results of the assessment are
determined, the applicant tests negative for controlled
substances.
''(B) If a high-risk applicant tests positive for any
controlled substance--
''(i) if such test result is the first positive
test result for such applicant in the benefit year--
''(I) no regular compensation may be paid
to such applicant for a period of 30 days
beginning on the date that such test result is
determined; and
''(II) no regular compensation may be paid
to such applicant during the remainder of such
benefit year unless the applicant tests
negative for controlled substances at the end
of such period; and
''(ii) if such test result is not the first
positive test result for such applicant in the benefit
year, no regular compensation may be paid to such
applicant during the remainder of such benefit year.
''(C) A high-risk applicant receiving benefits with respect
to a benefit year shall be subject to testing for controlled
substances by the State at any time during the benefit year,
with limited notice provided to the applicant of such testing.
''(D) A high-risk applicant who is tested for controlled
substances under--
''(i) subparagraph (A) or (C) shall be responsible
for the cost of such test if the individual tests
positive for any such substance; and
''(ii) subparagraph (B)(i)(II) shall be responsible
for the cost of such test.
''(2) For purposes of this subsection--
''(A) the term 'benefit year' means the benefit year as
defined in the applicable State law;
''(B) the term 'controlled substance'--
''(i) means a drug or other substance selected by
the State to be included in drug testing under this
subsection; and
''(ii) does not include any drug or other substance
used by the applicant pursuant to a valid prescription
or as otherwise authorized by law;
''(C) the term 'high-risk applicant', with respect to a
benefit year, means an individual who is determined by the
State to have a high risk of substance abuse based on the
results of a substance abuse risk assessment administered under
paragraph (1)(A)(i); and
''(D) the term 'substance abuse risk assessment' means a
screening instrument, approved by the Director of the National
Institutes of Health, designed to determine whether an
individual has a high risk of substance abuse.''.
(b) No Merit Staffing Requirements.--Section 303(a)(1) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 503(a)(1)) shall not be construed in
such a manner as to apply the merit staffing requirements in section
900.603 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on
October 1, 2011, to the implementation of section 303(l) of such Act
(as amended by subsection (a)).
(c) Funding for Substance Abuse Testing.--
(1) Funding from ipab.--Section 1899A(m) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395kkk(m)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ''to the Board to carry''
and inserting ''for the purposes of carrying out
section 303(l), and, if any funds remain in the fiscal
year involved, for the Board for the purpose of
carrying''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2).
(2) Funding from the co-op program.--Section 1322(g) of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18042(g))
is amended by striking ''to carry out this section'' and
inserting ''to carry out section 303(l) of the Social Security
Act, to the extent funds are necessary to carry out such
section after the application of section 1899A(m)(1) of such
Act''.
Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act This bill allows states to enact unemployment compensation laws that require an applicant for unemployment compensation, before receiving any such compensation, to: (1) complete a substance abuse risk assessment, and (2) test negative for controlled substances within one week after the results of such assessment if determined to be high-risk. It prescribes retesting requirements and payment suspensions for applicants who test positive.