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2010 SESSION

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HB 708 Home health care organization; establish policies for maintaining a drug-free workplace.

Introduced by: Christopher K. Peace | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Home health aides; drug testing.  Requires home health care organizations to establish policies for maintaining a drug free work place, which may include drug testing of employees, and requires home health care organizations to report any positive result of any drug test to the health regulatory boards responsible for licensing, certifying, or registering the person to practice, if any.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Home health aides; drug testing.  Prohibits a home health care organization from employing a person who has been found guilty of possessing or distributing drugs unless the home health care organization finds that the person has been successfully rehabilitated and is not a risk to consumers, and requires a home health organization to investigate any complaints alleging that a home health aide employed by the organization has possessed or distributed illegal drugs in the course of his employment. Such investigation may include a substance abuse screening and, where the screening gives reasonable cause to believe that the person has been using drugs, may require a drug test.