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CSHB 434(HES): "An Act relating to the assessment of recipients of assistance under the Alaska temporary assistance program for the use of alcohol and controlled substances and compliance with recommendations of the assessment as a condition of the recipient's family self-sufficiency plan; and providing for an effective date." 

00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 434(HES)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to the assessment of recipients of assistance under the Alaska                                         
02 temporary assistance program for the use of alcohol and controlled substances and                                       
03 compliance with recommendations of the assessment as a condition of the                                                 
04 recipient's family self-sufficiency plan; and providing for an effective date."                                         
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
06    * Section 1.  AS 47.27.030 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
07  (d)  The department shall screen adult participants to identify barriers to family                                    
08 self-sufficiency related to the use of alcohol or controlled substances.  As a condition                                
09 of the plan, the department may refer the participant for assessment and require the                                    
10 participant to comply with the recommendations of the assessment as a condition of                                      
11 the family self-sufficiency plan.  Assessments shall be conducted at a facility approved                                
12 under AS 47.37.140.                                                                                                     
13    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1999.