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<leg xml:space="preserve" billnum="SB0098" sponsor="Jen Plumb" designation="SB" otherSponsor="" otherHouse="House" subNumber="01" subSponsor="Jen Plumb" sess="2026GS" fileno="2026FL0103" date="1/21/2026 10:01:07" printDate="01-21 10:03" subVer="1" minVer="0" office="LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL" actionDate="" impact="code"><info><nextbuid>3</nextbuid><aminfo anum="0" effdate="05/06/2026"><seclist><sect action="E" src="code" buid="1" uid="C26B-7-S126_2026050620260506" sort="26B07 01260020260506" mtype="section" effdate="05/06/2026">26B-7-126</sect><sect src="uncod" untype="effdate" buid="2" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" mtype="uncod" effdate="05/06/2026"/></seclist></aminfo></info><tbox><sinfo><nextpairid>0</nextpairid></sinfo><st numlevel="1" lineno="1" slineno="0-1">Substance Use Rehabilitation Amendments</st><sessionhead>2026 GENERAL SESSION</sessionhead><statehead>STATE OF UTAH</statehead><sponsorhead>Chief Sponsor: Jen Plumb</sponsorhead><otherSponsorhead>House Sponsor: </otherSponsorhead></tbox><lt numlevel="1" lineno="2" slineno="0-2"><lthead lineno="3">LONG TITLE</lthead><gdhead lineno="4">General Description:</gdhead><gd numlevel="1" lineno="5" slineno="0-5">This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a recovery <ln numlevel="1" lineno="6" slineno="0-6"/>ready workplace certification program.</gd><hphead lineno="7">Highlighted Provisions:</hphead><hp numlevel="1" lineno="8" slineno="0-8">This bill:<hl numlevel="1" lineno="9" slineno="0-9" level="1">authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (department) to:<hl numlevel="1" lineno="10" slineno="0-10" level="2">establish, in consultation with the the Department of Workforce Services, a <ln numlevel="1" lineno="11" slineno="0-11"/>certification program for employers to be certified as a recovery ready workplace <ln numlevel="1" lineno="12" slineno="0-12"/>(program); and</hl><hl numlevel="1" lineno="13" slineno="0-13" level="2">seek federal sources of funding to establish the program;</hl></hl><hl numlevel="1" lineno="14" slineno="0-14" level="1">if the department establishes the program, requires the department to establish an <ln numlevel="1" lineno="15" slineno="0-15"/>application process and criteria;</hl><hl numlevel="1" lineno="16" slineno="0-16" level="1">grants the department rulemaking authority; and</hl><hl numlevel="1" lineno="17" slineno="0-17" level="1">defines terms.</hl></hp><moni numlevel="1" lineno="18" slineno="0-18" display="none">Money Appropriated in this Bill:</moni><moniNone lineno="19">None</moniNone><oc numlevel="1" lineno="20" slineno="0-20">Other Special Clauses:</oc><ocNone lineno="21">None</ocNone><sa numlevel="1" lineno="22" slineno="0-22">Utah Code Sections Affected:<saent numlevel="1" lineno="23" slineno="0-23"><snhead>ENACTS:</snhead><sn num="26B-7-126" src="code" uid="C26B-7-S126_2026050620260506" buid="1" sort="26B07 01260020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="24" slineno="0-24"><bold>26B-7-126</bold>, Utah Code Annotated 1953</sn></saent></sa></lt><enacthead lineno="25"/><enact numlevel="1" lineno="26" slineno="0-26">Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:</enact><bdy><bsec buid="1" num="26B-7-126" type="enact" src="code" uid="C26B-7-S126_2026050620260506" sort="26B07 01260020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="27" slineno="1-1" sn="1"><section numlevel="1" lineno="28" slineno="1-2" number="26B-7-126" type="enact"><secline lineno="27">Section 1. Section <bold>26B-7-126</bold> is enacted to read:</secline><catline lineno="28"><bold>26B-7-126<parens/>. Recovery ready workplace certification program.</bold></catline><subsection ssid="1-1" dnum="_-o:1-i" numlevel="1" lineno="29" slineno="1-3" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="1" placement="noreturn"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1000" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(1)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="3" groupid="3" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">As used in this section:</amend><subsection ssid="1-20" dnum="_-o:a-i" numlevel="1" lineno="30" slineno="1-4" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1001" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(a)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="112" groupid="82" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">"Employee" means a person who performs a service for wages or other remuneration <ln numlevel="1" lineno="31" slineno="1-5"/>under a contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied.</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-32" dnum="_-o:b-i" numlevel="1" lineno="32" slineno="1-6" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1002" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(b)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="187" groupid="136" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">"Employer" means<marker pairid="180"> a</marker> person who has one or more employees employed in the same <ln numlevel="1" lineno="33" slineno="1-7"/>business, or in or about the same establishment, under any contract of hire, express or <ln numlevel="1" lineno="34" slineno="1-8"/>implied, oral or written.</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-27" dnum="_-o:c-i" numlevel="1" lineno="35" slineno="1-9" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1003" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(c)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="146" groupid="109" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">"Opiate antagonist" means the same as that term is defined in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="26B-4-501">26B-4-501</xref>.</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-34" dnum="_-o:d-i" numlevel="1" lineno="36" slineno="1-10" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1004" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(d)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="194" groupid="142" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">"Recovery ready workplace certification program" means the program that the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="37" slineno="1-11"/>department may establish under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="26B-7-126(2)">(2)</xref>, through which an employer may be <ln numlevel="1" lineno="38" slineno="1-12"/>certified as a recovery ready workplace.</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-33" dnum="_-o:e-i" numlevel="1" lineno="39" slineno="1-13" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1005" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(e)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="192" groupid="140" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">"Recovery ready workplace" means an employer that has completed the requirements <ln numlevel="1" lineno="40" slineno="1-14"/>established by the department under this section to be certified.</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-5" dnum="_-o:f-i" numlevel="1" lineno="41" slineno="1-15" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1006" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(f)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="38" groupid="27" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">"Substance use disorder" means the recurrent use of alcohol or drugs that causes <ln numlevel="1" lineno="42" slineno="1-16"/>clinically significant impairment, including health problems, disability, or failure to <ln numlevel="1" lineno="43" slineno="1-17"/>meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home.</amend></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="1-8" dnum="_-o:2-i" numlevel="1" lineno="44" slineno="1-18" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="1"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1007" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(2)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="44" groupid="32" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">The department may, in consultation with the Department of Workforce Services, <ln numlevel="1" lineno="45" slineno="1-19"/>establish a recovery ready workplace certification program.</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-31" dnum="_-o:3-i" numlevel="1" lineno="46" slineno="1-20" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="1"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1008" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(3)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="171" groupid="128" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">If the department establishes a recovery ready workplace certification program, the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="47" slineno="1-21"/>department shall:</amend><subsection ssid="1-36" dnum="_-o:a-i" numlevel="1" lineno="48" slineno="1-22" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1009" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(a)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="212" groupid="156" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">seek federal sources of funding for the recovery ready workplace certification <ln numlevel="1" lineno="49" slineno="1-23"/>program; and</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-37" dnum="_-o:b-i" numlevel="1" lineno="50" slineno="1-24" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1010" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(b)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="210" groupid="154" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">establish:</amend><subsection ssid="1-26" dnum="_-o:i-i" numlevel="1" lineno="51" slineno="1-25" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1011" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(i)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="140" groupid="104" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">a process through which an employer may apply to be certified as a recovery <ln numlevel="1" lineno="52" slineno="1-26"/>ready workplace; and</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-10" dnum="_-o:ii-i" numlevel="1" lineno="53" slineno="1-27" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1012" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(ii)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="57" groupid="42" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">criteria for an employer to be certified as a recovery ready workplace, which may <ln numlevel="1" lineno="54" slineno="1-28"/>include requiring the employer to:</amend><subsection ssid="1-23" dnum="_-o:A-i" numlevel="1" lineno="55" slineno="1-29" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="4"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1013" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(A)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="122" groupid="90" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">establish a program to:</amend><subsection ssid="1-15" dnum="_-o:I-i" numlevel="1" lineno="56" slineno="1-30" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="5"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1014" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(I)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="82" groupid="59" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">prevent employees' exposure to workplace factors that could cause or <ln numlevel="1" lineno="57" slineno="1-31"/>perpetuate a substance use disorder;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-14" dnum="_-o:II-i" numlevel="1" lineno="58" slineno="1-32" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="5"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1015" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(II)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="90" groupid="66" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">lower barriers to an employee seeking or receiving care for substance use <ln numlevel="1" lineno="59" slineno="1-33"/>disorder and maintaining recovery from substance use disorder;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-16" dnum="_-o:III-i" numlevel="1" lineno="60" slineno="1-34" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="5"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1016" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(III)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="89" groupid="65" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">educate the employer's employees, including supervisors, on issues related <ln numlevel="1" lineno="61" slineno="1-35"/>to substance use disorder; and</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-18" dnum="_-o:IV-i" numlevel="1" lineno="62" slineno="1-36" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="5"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1017" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(IV)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="102" groupid="74" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">reduce stigma surrounding substance use disorder;</amend></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="1-24" dnum="_-o:B-i" numlevel="1" lineno="63" slineno="1-37" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="4"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1018" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(B)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="134" groupid="100" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">collaborate with employees in establishing the program described in Subs<xref depth="4" refnumber="26B-7-126(3)(b)(i)"><ln numlevel="1" lineno="64" slineno="1-38"/>ection </xref>(3)(b)(ii)(A);</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-25" dnum="_-o:C-i" numlevel="1" lineno="65" slineno="1-39" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="4"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1019" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(C)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="142" groupid="106" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">make opiate antagonist available at the workplace;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-28" dnum="_-o:D-i" numlevel="1" lineno="66" slineno="1-40" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="4"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1020" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(D)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="152" groupid="114" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">provide resources and information to <marker pairid="181">employees</marker><marker pairid="182"/> related to substance use <ln numlevel="1" lineno="67" slineno="1-41"/>disorder;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-29" dnum="_-o:E-i" numlevel="1" lineno="68" slineno="1-42" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="4"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1021" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(E)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="159" groupid="118" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">implement policies and practices that promote and support employee health, <ln numlevel="1" lineno="69" slineno="1-43"/>wellness, and work-life balance<marker pairid="177">; </marker><marker pairid="178">and</marker></amend></subsection><subsection ssid="1-30" dnum="_-o:F-i" numlevel="1" lineno="70" slineno="1-44" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="4"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1022" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(F)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="172" groupid="129" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">implement policies and practices that support employees who seek treatment.</amend></subsection></subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="1-22" dnum="_-o:4-i" numlevel="1" lineno="71" slineno="1-45" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="ahaskell" style="1" level="1"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1023" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(4)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="176" groupid="132" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="end">The department may make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah <ln numlevel="1" lineno="72" slineno="1-46"/>Administrative Rulemaking Act, to implement this section.</amend></subsection></section></bsec><bsec buid="2" type="uncod" untype="effdate" src="uncod" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" langlock="true" numlevel="1" lineno="73" slineno="2-1" sn="2"><section type="uncod" untype="effdate" display="false" src="uncod"><secline lineno="73">Section 2.  <bold>Effective Date.</bold></secline><sectionText lineno="74"><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1" groupid="1" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="both">This bill takes effect on <effdate uid="code" date="5/6/2026">May 6, 2026</effdate>.</amend></sectionText></section></bsec></bdy><foot><rev><tm>1-21-26 10:03 AM</tm></rev></foot></leg>