MADISON - Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has asked a federal judge to declare state budget provisions requiring food stamp recipients to undergo drug testing are legal.
The budget Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed on Sunday contains language requiring food stamp recipients to undergo drug screening. If they fail the screen they must go through drug testing and treatment.
Schimel filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Milwaukee against a number of federal food officials noting one of them sent an email to the state in email warning that states are prohibited from imposing any additional eligibility conditions on food stamp recipients. The lawsuit alleges federal law says states shall not be prohibited from testing welfare recipients for controlled substances.
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