Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 1240 - Human Services
Subtitle 1240-01 - Family Assistance Division
Chapter 1240-01-57 - Families First Eligibility - Drug Screening and Testing
Section 1240-01-57-.03 - PROGRAM OF SUSPICION-BASED DRUG TESTING

Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 1240-01-57-.03

Current through September 24, 2024

(1) Effective July 1, 2014, the Department's Families First/TANF Program shall conduct a drug screening of new Families First/TANF applicants to determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe the applicant engages in the use of drugs as defined in this Chapter.

(2) Except as provided in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph (2), all new Families First/TANF applicants who are eighteen (18) years of age or older and who are otherwise eligible to receive Families First/TANF benefits as defined in Chapters 1240-01-47, 1240-01-50, and 1250-01-51 are required to submit to the drug testing requirements under this Chapter, subject to the Department's finding of reasonable cause.

(a) Dependent children less than eighteen (18) years of age are exempt from the drug screening and testing, provided, however, that any minor parent who is a new Families First/TANF applicant who does not live with a parent, legal guardian, or other adult caretaker relative must submit to drug screening and any required drug testing.

(b) In a two (2)-parent household, only one (1) parent, the new Families First/TANF applicant, shall be required to submit to the drug screening and testing requirements of this Chapter.

(3) The Department's drug screening and testing program for new Families First/TANF applicants is separate from any employer-required drug screening and/or drug test.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-201 et seq., 71-3-1201 et seq., 21 U.S.C. § 862b.

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