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House Journal: Page 498: Wednesday, March 4, 1998

Senate File 2331, a bill for an act to provide for the sharing
of certain habilitative and treatment resources with the
department of human services.
Also: That the Senate has on March 4, 1998, passed the following
bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 2339, a bill for an act relating to an inmate's
right to counsel in a postconviction proceeding pertaining to a
forfeiture of a reduction in sentence or the unlawful holding of
a person in custody or restraint.
MARY PAT GUNDERSON, Secretary
Dotzler of Black Hawk offered the following amendment H-8208, to
the Senate amendment H-8119, filed by him from the floor and
moved its adoption:

H-8208

 1     Amend the Senate amendment, H-8119, to House File
 2   299, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House,
 3   as follows:
 4     1.  Page 3, by inserting after line 26 the
 5   following:
 6     "This section also does not prevent an employer
 7   from conducting medical screening for substances other
 8   than drugs or alcohol in order to monitor employee
 9   exposure to toxic or other unhealthy substances
10   encountered in the workplace or in the performance of
11   the employees' job responsibilities.  Any such
12   screening must be limited to the specific substances
13   required to be monitored."
Amendment H-8208 lost.
Taylor of Linn offered the following amendment H-8202, to the
Senate amendment H-8119, filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-8202

 1     Amend the Senate amendment, H-8119, to House File
 2   299, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House,
 3   as follows:
 4     1.  Page 8, line 19, by striking the word "after"
 5   and inserting the following:  "for up to three months
 6   after successful".
 7     2.  Page 14, by inserting after line 32 the
 8   following:
 9     "e.  An employer shall protect the confidentiality
10   of the results of any drug or alcohol test conducted
11   on an employee.  The results of the test may be
12   recorded in the employee's personnel records.
13   However, if an employee whose test indicated the
14   presence of drugs or alcohol in violation of the

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