Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102
§7904 Employee Assistance Programs Relating to Drug Abuse and Alcohol Abuse
Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart F — Labor-Management and Employee Relations › CHAPTER 79 — SERVICES TO EMPLOYEES › § 7904
Summary
The head of every executive agency must set up programs for preventing, treating, and helping employees recover from drug and alcohol problems. These programs must follow rules and other laws. The Office of Personnel Management must write the rules after talking with others. If an agency leader asks, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must review a program and send back comments and recommendations.
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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5 U.S.C. § 7904
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102