HOUSE 2285116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Heidi’s Law

Last Action: 4/11/2019

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2019-04-11Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2019-04-11Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2019-04-11Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2019-04-10Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-04-10Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-04-10Introduced in House
2019-04-10Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-04-10 (00)

Heidi's Law

This bill revises the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs to include testing for methadone and newly identified drug substances.

The Department of Health and Human Services must revise the guidelines to expand the opiate category on the list of substances authorized for testing to include methadone and any new drugs which may not have been previously included on such list.

The Department of Transportation must update its regulations containing procedures for transportation employee workplace drug and alcohol testing programs to include testing for methadone and newly identified drug substances.

Subjects

Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Transportation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

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