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MEMORANDUM • DATE: September 26, 1995 TO: Mike Mornson, City Manager FROM: Kim Moore-Sykes, Management Assistant ITEM: AMC/MCIT/-MEDTOX Drug & Alcohol Testing Program Contract and Participation Agreement 1. DRUG/ALCOHOL TESTING PROGRAM -- MEDTOX: Attached is a copy of the contract and participation agreement from the Association of Minnesota Counties/Minnesota Counties Insurance Trust and MEDTOX Laboratories. Participation in their program provides the following services: -- Random selection for drug/alcohol testing; ' --- Education and training of employees and supervisors to meet requirements of the regulations; -- A model alcohol/drug testing policy; • -- Information employees should have about alcohol/drug testing; --- Record keeping and statistical reports; --- Blind specimen monitoring; --- Updates on changes in federal regulations; and -- Customer service assistance available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. a. Fees for participation are $250 annually; $46 per drue test, which includes: -- $23 per lab test; $20 collection site fee; and $3 for Medical Review Officer (MRO) review. (An MRO is a physician who reviews the results of the drug tests.) While the City staff could oversee the testing program for the City's employees that the federal Omnibus Transportation Act covers, it is more economically feasible to join this consortium. As stated above, the MCIT/MEDTOX will take responsibility for most of the record keeping, random selection, training and education of employees, specimen collection and monitoring, and watching federal legislation for any revisions or changes to this Act. While the City will have some record keeping responsibilities and will have to provide information as appropriate to employees affected by the Act, many of the federally required responsibilities are beyond the City's resources to provide individually. In addition, both the Minnesota statutes and federal regulations prohibit employers from • testing their own employees, thereby making it necessary to go to an outside testing agency anyway.