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 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-708 (D) disciplinary actions are 90 percent higher among drug users than among individuals who do not use drugs; and (E) employee turnover is significantly higher among drug users than among individuals who do not use drugs. (b) PURPOSES.— The purposes of this title are to— (1) educate small business concerns about the advantages of a drug-free workplace; (2) provide grants and technical assistance in addition to financial incentives to enable small business concerns to create a drug-free workplace; (3) assist working parents in keeping their children drugfree; and (4) encourage small business employers and employees alike to participate in drug-free workplace programs. SEC. 903. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 15 USC 654 note. It is the sense of Congress that— (1) businesses should adopt drug-free workplace programs; (2) States should consider incentives to encourage businesses to adopt drug-free workplace programs; and (3) such incentives may include— (A) financial incentives, including— (i) a reduction in workers' compensation premiums; (ii) a reduction in unemployment insurance premiums; and (iii) tax deductions in an amount equal to the amount of expenditures for employee assistance programs, treatment, or illegal drug testing; and (B) other incentives, such as the adoption of liability limitations, as recommended by the President's Commission on Model State Drug Laws. SEC. 904. DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE DEMONSTRi\TION PROGRAM. 15 USC 654. Section 27 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 654) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 27. DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE DEMONSTRi^TION PROGRAM. "(a) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: "(1) DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE PROGRAM. —The term 'drugfree workplace program' means a program that includes— "(A) a written policy, including a clear statement of expectations for workplace behavior, prohibitions against reporting to work or working under the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol, prohibitions against the use or possession of illegal drugs in the workplace, and the consequences of violating those expectations and p:rohibitions; "(B) drug and alcohol abuse prevention training for a total of not less than 2 hours for each employee, and additional voluntary drug and alcohol abuse prevention training for employees who are parents; "(C) employee illegal drug testing, with analysis conducted by a drug testing laborator;^ certified by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or approved by the College of American Pathologists for forensic drug testing, and a review of each positive test result by a medical review officer; 59-194O-98 -24:QL3Part4

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