Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Transportation Workforce Recovery and Retention Act”.
Transportation Workforce Recovery and Retention Act
A BILL
To prioritize and support the Human Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS) program for flight crewmembers and the Flight Attendant Drug and Alcohol Program (FADAP) for flight attendants, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Prioritizing and supporting the Human Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS) program and the Flight Attendant Drug and Alcohol Program (FADAP)
In general— The Federal Aviation Administration shall continue to prioritize and support the Human Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS) program for flight crewmembers and the Flight Attendant Drug and Alcohol Program (FADAP) for flight attendants.
Study and recommendations—
In general— The Executive Director of the Transportation Research Board shall—
conduct a study on the Human Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS) program and the Flight Attendant Drug and Alcohol Program (FADAP); and
make recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration and other administrations within the Department of Transportation on how to implement similar programs that seek to help other types of transportation workers get treatment for drug and alcohol abuse and return to work.
Requirement— In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Executive Director shall identify—
best policies and practices within existing programs, like the Human Intervention Motivation Study program and the Flight Attendant Drug and Alcohol Program, for application to employees who work in other modes of transportation; and
best prevention, early intervention, and return to work practices specifically around prescription medication abuse, with a special emphasis on employee use of opioids.
Funding— There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019 and each subsequent fiscal year.