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[CITE: 5USC7362]

 
             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. 7362. Alcohol abuse and alcoholism

    (a) The Office of Personnel Management shall be responsible for 
developing, in cooperation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services and with other agencies, and in accordance with applicable 
provisions of this subpart, appropriate prevention, treatment, and 
rehabilitation programs and services for alcohol abuse and alcoholism 
among employees. Such agencies are encouraged to extend, to the extent 
feasible, such programs and services to the families of alcoholic 
employees and to employees who have family members who are alcoholics. 
Such programs and services shall make optimal use of existing 
governmental facilities, services, and skills.
    (b) Section 523 \1\ of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
290dd-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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    (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 523 of the Public Health Service Act, referred to in subsec. 
(b) and formerly classified to section 290dd-3 of Title 42, The Public 
Health and Welfare, was renumbered section 544 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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