DCF: Positive drug test will lead to child abuse hotline referral | TBO.com
TALLAHASSEE --
Starting next month, Florida's social service agency will refer every welfare applicant who fails a drug test to a child abuse hotline.
State officials deny the drug test results may be used to remove children from their parents, but civil rights activists fear it will.
Beginning Friday, anyone applying to the state for temporary cash assistance must pass a drug test to receive benefits.
Applicants must pay the test's cost, which will be refunded for those who pass. That upfront expense could exceed $100, according to state documents, for those who need a medical review to confirm that the drug detected is one for which they have a legal prescription.
In a memorandum dated June 24, the Department of Children and Families directed staff to refer every applicant testing positive for drugs to Florida's child abuse hotline "for review to initiate an assessment or an offer of services."
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