SAMHSA Seeks Comments on Drug Testing Form Updates
Published Date: 9/5/2025
Notice
Summary
SAMHSA wants to keep using and updating the forms that federal agencies and certain employers use for drug testing. They’re asking for your thoughts on how to make these forms easier and better while making sure the process stays smooth and clear. This affects federal workers and regulated employers, with a key deadline coming up in August 2026 when current approvals expire.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
OMB extension for drug-testing forms
SAMHSA will request OMB approval to extend use of the Federal Custody and Control Form (CCF) and related NLCP forms; the current OMB-approved CCF expires on 2026-08-31. SAMHSA estimates the annual total burden across donors, collectors, laboratories, IITFs, and Medical Review Officers is 1,686,304 hours and total cost $82,903,755.
NLCP application and checklist updates
The NLCP laboratory and IITF application forms and the NLCP information checklist were updated to allow reporting of analytes in Authorized Testing Panels (now published separately) and information on new technologies/instruments. HHS-certified laboratories and IITFs are required to submit specified procedural information prior to inspections; SAMHSA estimates NLCP recordkeeping for laboratories totals 4,750 hours and $166,250 annually.
CCF layout changes to avoid covered data
SAMHSA will revise Copies 2–5 of the CCF Step 5 to shorten the email line, replace separate 'Daytime Phone No.' and 'Evening Phone No.' fields with one 'Phone No.' field, and move the 'Date of Birth' field to the left. These revisions respond to an issue where handwritten specimen-device expiration dates on Copy 1 covered donor information on Copies 2–5.
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