CS/CS/CS/HB 1205 - Drug-Free Workplaces

• Revises Florida's Drug-Free Workplace Act to allow state agencies to conduct random drug testing every 3 months using computer-generated selection of up to 10 percent of total employee population.

• Permits employers to discharge or discipline employees following a first-time positive confirmed drug test result, though employers may alternatively refer employees to employee assistance or alcohol/drug rehabilitation programs at employee expense.

• Requires employers to determine if employees participating in rehabilitation programs can safely perform job duties; employees in safety-sensitive positions are deemed unable to perform certain high-risk duties and must be transferred or placed on leave during treatment.

• Allows public employers to conduct random drug tests of employees in mandatory-testing or special-risk positions using unbiased selection procedures in accordance with Agency for Health Care Administration rules.

• Effective date: July 1, 2012.