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Government, Business

Senate Passes Bill Requiring HHS to Explain Delays in Hair-Testing Guidelines

The Senate has passed legislation with a provision that would require the Department of Health and Human Services to provide an explanation for a 21-month delay in issuing mandatory federal hair testing guidelines for safety-sensitive transportation employees such as truck drivers.

September 18, 2018
Government, Business

DOT to Add Four Opioids for Transportation Worker Drug Testing

The U.S. Department of Transportation plans on Jan. 1 to begin testing truck drivers and other “safety-sensitive” transportation employees for the semi-synthetic opioids hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone and oxycodone, the agency announced Nov. 9.

November 9, 2017