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[CITE: 5USC7361]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
           Subpart F--Labor-Management and Employee Relations
 
             CHAPTER 73--SUITABILITY, SECURITY, AND CONDUCT
 
        SUBCHAPTER VI--DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOL ABUSE, AND ALCOHOLISM
 
Sec. 7361. Drug abuse

    (a) The Office of Personnel Management shall be responsible for 
developing, in cooperation with the President, with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (acting through the National Institute on Drug 
Abuse), and with other agencies, and in accordance with applicable 
provisions of this subchapter, appropriate prevention, treatment, and 
rehabilitation programs and services for drug abuse among employees. 
Such agencies are encouraged to extend, to the extent feasible, such 
programs and services to the families of employees and to employees who 
have family members who are drug abusers. Such programs and services 
shall make optimal use of existing governmental facilities, services, 
and skills.
    (b) Section 527 \1\ of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
290ee-3), relating to confidentiality of records, and any regulations 
prescribed thereunder, shall apply with respect to records maintained 
for the purpose of carrying out this section.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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    (c) Each agency shall, with respect to any programs or services 
provided by such agency, submit such written reports as the Office may 
require in connection with any report required under section 7363 of 
this title.
    (d) For the purpose of this section, the term ``agency'' means an 
Executive agency.

(Added Pub. L. 99-570, title VI, Sec. 6002(a)(1), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 
Stat. 3207-157.)

                       References in Text

    Section 527 of the Public Health Service Act, referred to in subsec. 
(b) and formerly classified to section 290ee-3 of Title 42, The Public 
Health and Welfare, was renumbered section 548 of that Act by Pub. L. 
100-77, title VI, Sec. 611(2), July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 516 and then 
omitted in the general revision of Part D of Subchapter III-A of Chapter 
6A of Title 42 by Pub. L. 102-321, title I, Sec. 131, July 10, 1992, 106 
Stat. 366. Provisions relating to the confidentiality of patient records 
are now classified to section 290dd-2 of Title 42.


 Educational Program for Federal Employees Relating to Drug and Alcohol 
                                  Abuse

    Section 6003 of Pub. L. 99-570 provided that:
    ``(a) Establishment.--The Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, establish a Government-wide education program, using seminars 
and such other methods as the Director considers appropriate, to carry 
out the purposes prescribed in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Purposes.--The program established under this section shall be 
designed to provide information to Federal Government employees with 
respect to--
        ``(1) the short-term and long-term health hazards associated 
    with alcohol abuse and drug abuse;
        ``(2) the symptoms of alcohol abuse and drug abuse;
        ``(3) the availability of any prevention, treatment, or 
    rehabilitation programs or services relating to alcohol abuse or 
    drug abuse, whether provided by the Federal Government or otherwise;
        ``(4) confidentiality protections afforded in connection with 
    any prevention, treatment, or rehabilitation programs or services;
        ``(5) any penalties provided under law or regulation, and any 
    administrative action (permissive or mandatory), relating to the use 
    of alcohol or drugs by a Federal Government employee or the failure 
    to seek or receive appropriate treatment or rehabilitation services; 
    and
        ``(6) any other matter which the Director considers 
    appropriate.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7363 of this title.
