HB 1079 -- Controlled Substance Testing by the Department of
Labor and Industrial Relations

Sponsor:  Funderburk

This bill requires the Department of Labor and Industrial
Relations to develop a controlled substance screening program
that tests each worker employed on a public works project.  Each
month 10% of the workers will be tested on a random basis.  Any
worker testing positive for the use of a controlled substance
will be ineligible to work on a public works project for three
years.  The department must notify the employer of the test
results; and if the employer refers the worker to an appropriate
substance abuse treatment program approved by the Division of
Alcohol and Drug Abuse within the Department of Mental Health and
the worker successfully completes the program, he or she can be
allowed to work on public works projects prior to the three-year
ineligibility period.  Costs associated with the treatment
program will be at the employer's or the worker's expense.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:26 am