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Bill to drug test welfare recipients is not finished
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A bill that would drug test recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, a cash-based welfare program, is held up just days before the session ends. The major conflict is over whether the repeated failure of drug tests will lead to an individual losing their benefits or a whole [...]
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Lawmakers continue debate about drug testing for welfare recipients
By Darian Eswine TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Lawmakers from the House and Senate are looking for a compromise on legislation that would require drug tests for some recipients of cash welfare in Indiana. At issue, in part, is how tough the state should be on welfare recipients caught using drugs and whether repeated failed tests will [...]
Senate sends drug-testing bill for welfare recipients back to House
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A controversial bill that would require some welfare recipients to take drug tests before they could received benefits passed the Senate on Wednesday. House Bill 1483 requires all recipients of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families – the state’s cash-assistance welfare program – to take a written test to [...]
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Senate Democrats pitch Medicaid expansion; GOP says no
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Majority Republicans on Monday rejected Democratic calls to expand the Medicaid program as called for by the federal Affordable Care Act. Democrats argued that 400,000 Hoosiers could go without health coverage if the General Assembly doesn’t approve the expansion, which would be fully paid for by Congress for at [...]
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Drug tests would be required for some welfare recipients under bill passed by committee
By Natavia Howell and Samm Quinn TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A Senate committee passed a bill Wednesday that could require drug testing for some of the state’s neediest Hoosiers. House Bill 1483 requires all recipients of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families – the state’s cash-assistance welfare program – to take a written test to determine [...]
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House budget slashes funding for program that helps the working poor
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com Radio report Lawmakers are considering a major cut in a program that helps poor Hoosiers invest in housing, school or a small business. Tim Grimes of TheStatehouseFile.com has the story. INDIANAPOLIS – Lawmakers are considering a major cut in a program that helps poor Hoosiers invest in housing, education or a [...]
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House passes bill to impose drug tests on some welfare recipients
Radio report The House has passed legislation that requires some welfare recipients to take drug tests. Lesley Weidenbener of TheStatehouseFile.com has the story. By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The House passed a controversial measure to require drug tests for some welfare recipients, despite concerns about whether affordable treatment exists to help those who are [...]
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Pelath calls for House vote on Medicaid expansion bill
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – House Minority Leader Scott Pelath said Friday the chamber needs to vote next week on the bill that asks federal officials for permission to use a cost-sharing plan as its Medicaid expansion. Pelath said Democrats will vote for the bill, which would make the health care program eligible to [...]
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Bill to require drug testing of welfare recipients moves to full House
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Recipients of one state welfare program may soon need to take a drug test to receive their benefits. House Bill 1483 passed the House Ways and Means committee Tuesday. The measure would require all Temporary Assistance to Needy Family recipients to take a written test to determine if they [...]
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Pence tells feds HIP is only option for Indiana Medicaid expansion
By Megan Banta and Samm Quinn TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Republican Gov. Mike Pence told the federal government on Wednesday that Indiana won’t expand Medicaid – unless it’s allowed to use its health savings account-based program to do it. Pence said the traditional Medicaid program has fundamental flaws that are costing Hoosiers money. “Medicaid is broken,” [...]
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