Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§7904 Employee assistance programs relating to drug abuse and alcohol abuse

Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart F— - Labor-Management and Employee Relations › Chapter CHAPTER 79— - SERVICES TO EMPLOYEES › § 7904

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each executive agency must set up programs to prevent, treat, and help employees recover from drug and alcohol abuse, following guidelines from the Office of Personnel Management and the law. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will write those guidelines after consulting as needed, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services will review programs and offer recommendations if an agency asks.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §7904

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The head of each Executive agency shall, in a manner consistent with guidelines prescribed under subsection (b) of this section and applicable provisions of law, establish appropriate prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs and services for drug abuse and alcohol abuse for employees in or under such agency.

(b)The Office of Personnel Management shall, after such consultations as the Office considers appropriate, prescribe guidelines for programs and services under this section.

(c)The Secretary of Health and Human Services, on request of the head of an Executive agency, shall review any program or service provided under this section and shall submit comments and recommendations to the head of the agency concerned.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 7904

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73