The Department of Health and Human Services Proposes New Drug Testing Procedures for the Federal Drug Free Workplace Programs

On May 15, 2015 we sent a list serve email letting employers, employees, and testing service provides involved in the DOT testing programs know of two Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Federal Register documents.  In those two notices, the HHS: 

• proposes to establish scientific and technical guidelines for the inclusion of oral fluid specimens in the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs, and

• proposes to revise the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs for urine testing.

We recommended that DOT program participants review the HHS proposals and, if they have views or concerns to express, provide comment to the HHS. 

In the email we provided a link to the two notices, but omitted the links to where you could provide ‘comments to the docket’.  Below are the links to both Federal Register notices and their respective dockets:

• Proposed Mandatory Guidelines for Oral Fluid Testing in the Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-05-15/pdf/2015-11523.pdf)
• Comments to the docket http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=SAMHSA-2015-0001-0001

• Proposed Revised Mandatory Guidelines for Urine Testing in the Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-05-15/pdf/2015-11524.pdf)
• Comments to the docket http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=SAMHSA-2015-0002-0001