,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjai,mr4
 ,smith of ,new ,jersey introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,reform1 and in addition to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,health and ,human ,services to revise 
the ,mandatory ,guidelines for ,federal 
,workplace ,drug ,testing ,programs to  
include testing for methadone use and to
 require the ,secretary of              
,transportation to issue regulations to 
include testing for methadone use in    
,department of ,transportation drug     
tests4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as ,heidi's ,law4  #b4         
,inclusion of testing for methadone use 

in certain drug testing procedures  7a7 
,revision of mandatory guidelines ,not  
later than #ij days after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services shall   
revise the ,mandatory ,guidelines for   
,federal ,workplace ,drug ,testing      
,programs1 established pursuant to      
section #ejc7;a7 of ,public ,law #ajj-ga
 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 #gcja note71 to expand   
the opiate category on the list of      
substances authorized for testing to    
include methadone4  7b7 ,publication of 
notice ,upon completion of the revision 
required under subsection 7a71 the      
,secretary shall publish a final notice 
in the ,federal ,register of such       
revision4  #c4 ,inclusion of methadone  
in ,department of ,transportation drug  
tests ,not later than #fj days after the
 final notice required under section    
#b7;b7 is published1 the ,secretary of  
,transportation shall issue such        
regulations as are necessary to update  
any regulations containing procedures   

for transportation employee workplace   
drug and alcohol testing programs to    
include testing for methadone use in    
drug-testing panels1 consistent with the
 ,mandatory ,guidelines for ,federal    
,workplace ,drug ,testing ,programs as  
revised by the ,secretary of ,health and
 ,human ,services under section #b4  #d4
 ,to compel the ,secretary to           
periodically update the mandatory       
guidelines for ,federal workplace drug  
testing  7a7 ,in general ,on an annual  
basis1 the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services shall review and if    
necessary revise the ,mandatory         
,guidelines for ,federal ,workplace     
,drug ,testing ,programs1 established   
pursuant to section #ejc7;a7 of ,public 
,law #ajj-ga 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 #gcja note71 
to expand the list of substances        
authorized for testing to include any   
such drugs which may not have been      
previously included1 and which the      
,secretary believes should be included4 
7b7 ,publication of notice ,upon        

completion of the revision required     
under subsection 7a71 the ,secretary    
shall publish a final notice in the     
,federal ,register of such revision4    
#e4 ,inclusion of newly established     
drugs in department of transportation   
drug tests ,not later than #fj days     
after the final notice required under   
section #d7;b7 is published1 the        
,secretary of ,transportation shall     
issue such regulations as are necessary 
to update any regulations containing    
procedures for transportation employee  
workplace drug and alcohol testing      
programs to include testing for newly   
identified substances in drug-testing   
panels1 consistent with the ,mandatory  
,guidelines for ,federal ,workplace     
,drug ,testing ,programs as revised by  
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services under section #d4