AB 385

This bill requires each individual applying to the Wisconsin Economic

Development Corporation to participate in an economic development program in his

or her individual capacity and each individual who is an owner, shareholder, partner,

member, principal, officer, director, or manager, subject to certain limitations, of a

business applying to WEDC to participate in an economic development program to

complete a questionnaire or other screening instrument concerning the abuse of

controlled substances. If, on the basis of screening results, WEDC determines that

there is a reasonable suspicion that an individual is abusing a controlled substance,

WEDC must require the individual to undergo a test for the use of a controlled

substance in order for the individual or business to be eligible to participate in an

economic development program administered by WEDC. Unless an individual has

a prescription for the controlled substance, positive test results make an individual

or business ineligible to participate in an economic development program.

Under the bill, an individual or business may still participate in an economic

development program if an individual who tests positive for the use of a controlled

substance takes part in a substance abuse treatment program. Under the bill,

failure to satisfactorily complete a substance abuse treatment program results in

ineligibility to continue to participate in the economic development program and

results in the requirement to repay to WEDC all grants, loans, and other benefits the

individual or business may have received under the economic development program.