To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shall conduct research on programs to educate workplace professionals on the prevention of impairment from the use of cannabis, opioids, and other drugs, and the risks resulting from individuals working while impaired, and for other purposes.
Bill: H.R.8591 | Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Burgess (R-UT)
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
This bill requires the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health to develop a workplace training program on how impairment from using cannabis, opioids, and other drugs effects job safety and ways to prevent, recognize, and respond to such impairment.

To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to direct the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of 
the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shall conduct 
    research on programs to educate workplace professionals on the 
 prevention of impairment from the use of cannabis, opioids, and other 
drugs, and the risks resulting from individuals working while impaired, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. IMPAIRMENT PREVENTION, RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE TRAINING.

    Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by 
inserting after section 399Q (42 U.S.C. 280g-4) the following:

``SEC. 399Q-1. IMPAIRMENT PREVENTION, RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE 
              TRAINING.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 12 months after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary, acting through the Director 
of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (referred 
to in this section as the `Secretary'), shall conduct research on 
programs that includes the elements specified in subsection (b) to 
educate employers, workers, and relevant workplace populations on--
            ``(1) the prevention of impairment from the use of 
        cannabis, opioids, and other drugs; and
            ``(2) the safety risks resulting from individuals working 
        while impaired from the use of cannabis, opioids, and other 
        drugs.
    ``(b) Workplace Training Program.--Not later than 12 months after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall, in 
consultation with a national nonprofit organization with relevant 
expertise, develop a workplace training program to be made available to 
full-time and part-time employees and individuals employed by a State 
or the Federal Government, which covers the following elements of 
impairment from the use of cannabis, opioids, and other drugs:
            ``(1) The impact of impairment from the use of cannabis, 
        opioids, and other drugs on safety on the job.
            ``(2) The importance of preventing, recognizing and 
        responding to impairment.
            ``(3) The role of various workplace professionals when 
        recognizing and responding to perceived impairment from the use 
        of cannabis, opioids, and other drugs.
            ``(4) Common signs and symptoms of impairment from the use 
        of cannabis, opioids, and other drugs.
            ``(5) The steps to respond to perceived impairment.
            ``(6) Common workplace impairment prevention measures.
            ``(7) Guidance on related workplace policies and 
        information on relevant laws and regulations.
    ``(c) Employee and Employer Defined.--In this section, the terms 
`employee' and `employer' have the meanings given such terms in section 
3 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 652).''.
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