Amend CSHB 2600, committee printing, by adding the following
ARTICLE, appropriately numbered, and renumbering the subsequent
ARTICLES of the bill appropriately:
     ARTICLE _____.  STUDY ON DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS
      SECTION ___.01. Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.093 to read as follows:
      Sec. 411.093.  STUDY ON DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE; REPORT. (a)  The
commission shall study:
            (1)  the implementation and development of drug-free
workplace policies under this subchapter;
            (2)  the use of drug-free workplace requirements
adopted by other jurisdictions to reduce the adverse impact on the
operation of workers' compensation insurance systems of drug abuse
and its effects in the workplace; and
            (3)  any other aspects of the effect of drug abuse on
the operation of the workers' compensation insurance system in this
state as considered appropriate by the commission or the Research
and Oversight Council on Workers' Compensation.
      (b)  The commission shall report not later than  February 1,
2003, to the legislature and the Research and Oversight Council on
Workers' Compensation regarding the study conducted under this
section. The report must include:
            (1)  any commission recommendations for legislative
changes in the workers' compensation laws as regards the
implementation of a drug-free workplace requirement; and
            (2)  an analysis of the possible effects of the
adoption of a workers' compensation insurance premium discount
program for employers who maintain a drug-free workplace on the
operation of the workers' compensation insurance system in this
state.
      (c)  On the request of the commission, the Texas Department
of Insurance shall assist the commission in the performance of its
duties under this section.
      (d)  This section expires September 1, 2003.