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Committee advances bill letting county health departments collect court-ordered drug tests
Summary
The Senate Health & Welfare Committee voted unanimously to advance a committee substitute for Senate Bill 203, which would require county health departments to provide sample collection for court-ordered drug testing; members expressed concerns about monitoring requirements and who will bear testing costs and said a fiscal note is pending.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday advanced a committee substitute for Senate Bill 203, a measure that would require county health departments to provide sample collection services for individuals ordered by a court to complete drug testing.
Sponsor Senator Julie Rocky Adams filed the bill; Senator Hayden presented the committee substitute to members. “Every county in Kentucky has a health department. The health department is perfectly capable of doing these drug tests,” Hayden said, describing long travel distances—“25, 30 miles”—that many people in rural areas now face to complete court-ordered testing.
The bill directs county health departments, if needed, to…
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