Heidi’s Law
Summary
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 (1) expand the opiate category on the list of substances authorized for testing to include methadone, and (2) add 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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Dec 15, 2022
Last action Dec 16, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
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Committee
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Dec 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
lower
Dec 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
lower
Dec 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
lower
Dec 15, 2022
Committee
Referred 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.
lower
Dec 15, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
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Christopher H. Smith
RRepublican
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