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                                           LRB9207626ARcdam02

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1032

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1032 as follows:
 3    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 4    following:

 5        "Section  5.   The  State Police Act is amended by adding
 6    Section 12.5 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 2610/12.5 new)
 8        Sec.  12.5.  Zero  tolerance  drug  policy.   Any  person
 9    employed by the Department of State Police who tests positive
10    in accordance  with  established  Departmental  drug  testing
11    procedures  for  any  substance  prohibited  by  the Cannabis
12    Control Act or the Illinois Controlled Substances  Act  shall
13    be  discharged  from employment.  Refusal to submit to a drug
14    test, ordered in accordance with Departmental procedures,  by
15    any person employed by the Department shall be construed as a
16    positive  test,  and  the  person  shall  be  discharged from
17    employment.

18        Section 10.  The Unified Code of Corrections  is  amended
19    by adding Section 3-7-2.5 as follows:

20        (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2.5 new)
 
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 1        Sec. 3-7-2.5.  Zero tolerance drug policy.
 2        (a)  Any person employed by the Department of Corrections
 3    who   tests   positive   in   accordance   with   established
 4    Departmental   drug  testing  procedures  for  any  substance
 5    prohibited by  the  Cannabis  Control  Act  or  the  Illinois
 6    Controlled   Substances   Act   shall   be   discharged  from
 7    employment.  Refusal to submit to a  drug  test,  ordered  in
 8    accordance   with  Departmental  procedures,  by  any  person
 9    employed by the Department shall be construed as  a  positive
10    test, and the person shall be discharged from employment.
11        Testing  of  employees  shall  be conducted in accordance
12    with  established  Departmental  drug   testing   procedures.
13    Changes  to  established  drug  testing  procedures  that are
14    inconsistent with the federal  guidelines  specified  in  the
15    Mandatory  Guidelines  for  Federal  Workplace  Drug  Testing
16    Program,  59 FR 29908, or that affect terms and conditions of
17    employment, shall be negotiated with an exclusive  bargaining
18    representative  in  accordance with the Illinois Public Labor
19    Relations Act.
20             (1)  All  samples  used  for  the  purpose  of  drug
21        testing shall be collected by persons who have  at  least
22        40  hours  of  initial  training in the proper collection
23        procedures and at  least  8  hours  of  annual  follow-up
24        training.  Proof of this training shall be available upon
25        request.   In  order to ensure that these persons possess
26        the necessary knowledge, skills, and experience to  carry
27        out  their duties, their training must include guidelines
28        and procedures used for the collection process  and  must
29        also    incorporate    training    on   the   appropriate
30        interpersonal  skills  required  during  the   collection
31        process.
32             (2)  With  respect  to any bargaining unit employee,
33        the Department  shall  not  initiate  discipline  of  any
34        employee  who  authorizes  the  testing  of a split urine
 
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 1        sample in accordance with established  Departmental  drug
 2        testing procedures until receipt by the Department of the
 3        test  results  from  the  split urine sample evidencing a
 4        positive  test  for  any  substance  prohibited  by   the
 5        Cannabis   Control   Act   or   the  Illinois  Controlled
 6        Substances Act.
 7        (b)  Any  employee  discharged  in  accordance  with  the
 8    provisions of subsection (a) shall not be eligible for rehire
 9    by the Department.".

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