Unemployment/workers compensation; testing for the use of nonprescribed controlled substances.

Unemployment compensation and workers' compensation; testing for the use of nonprescribed controlled substances. Requires,for an applicant for unemployment benefits for whom the only suitablework available is in an occupation that regularly requires drug testing,the applicant, as a condition of eligibility, to provide the VirginiaEmployment Commission with the results of a drug test that is negativefor the use of a nonprescribed controlled substance. The bill alsorequires, under the Workers' Compensation Act, in order to determinethe cause of a workplace accident that harmed an employee, an employerto require post-accident drug testing for the use of a nonprescribedcontrolled substance of any employee whose conduct could have contributedto the accident. The bill also prohibits an insurer from providingpremium discounts for a drug-free workplace to an employer unlessthe employer has policies in place requiring such post-accident drugtesting.