29 USC § 566 - Employee drug and alcohol abuse assistance programs

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title: "29 USC § 566 - Employee drug and alcohol abuse assistance programs"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "566"
section_name: "Employee drug and alcohol abuse assistance programs"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2101, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4216.)"
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# § 566. Employee drug and alcohol abuse assistance programs

**(a)** **Establishment** The Secretary of Labor shall establish a program through which the Secretary shall provide grants to, or enter into contracts with, employers to enable such employers to develop employee drug and alcohol abuse assistance programs.

**(b)** **Applications** Employers desiring to receive a grant or contract under this section shall submit to the Secretary of Labor, an application, in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may require.

**(c)** **Regulations** The Secretary of Labor shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out this section.

**(d)** **Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1989, and $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1990 and 1991.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2101, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4216.)