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Arizona mulls drug testing for jobless benefits

State officials warn that legislation to require drug testing for all people applying for unemployment benefits conflicts with federal rules and law and could cost the state millions of dollars of federal funding and force a huge tax increase on Arizona employers.

By Paul Davenport | Updated on March 22, 2012

PHOENIX (AP) — State officials warn that legislation to require drug testing for all people applying for unemployment benefits conflicts with federal rules and law and could cost the state millions of dollars of federal funding and force a huge tax increase on Arizona employers.

The bill’s sponsor, Republican Sen. Steve Smith, says he doesn’t think all that would come to pass and that the state should do what it can to make sure that people receiving taxpayer benefits are fit to work.

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