; (C) the term high-risk applicant , with respect to a benefit year, means an individual who is determined by the State to have a high risk of substance abuse based on the results of a substance abuse risk assessment administered under paragraph (1)(A)(i); and (D) the term substance abuse risk assessment means a screening instrument, approved by the Director of the National Institutes of Health, designed to determine whether an individual has a high risk of substance abuse. . (b) No merit staffing requirements Section 303(a)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 503(a)(1) ) shall not be construed in such a manner as to apply the merit staffing requirements in section 900.603 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on October 1, 2011, to the implementation of section 303(l) of such Act (as amended by subsection (a)). (c) Funding for substance abuse testing (1) Funding from IPAB Section 1899A(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395kkk(m) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking to the Board to carry and inserting for the purposes of carrying out section 303(l), and, if any funds remain in the fiscal year involved, for the Board for the purpose of carrying ; and (B) by striking paragraph (2). (2) Funding from the CO-OP program Section 1322(g) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18042(g) ) is amended by striking to carry out this section and inserting to carry out section 303(l) of the Social Security Act, to the extent funds are necessary to carry out such section after the application of section 1899A(m)(1) of such Act .