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Senate Labor Committee reports out bill allowing hair-follicle follow-up tests for officers after positive urinalysis
Summary
The Senate Labor Committee voted to report out bill 24-31, which would permit law enforcement officers who test positive on a urinalysis to obtain a hair-follicle follow-up test and, if that follow-up is negative, be reimbursed by their department.
The Senate Labor Committee on an initial vote advanced bill 24-31, a measure that would allow law enforcement officers who register a positive result on a urinalysis to request a hair-follicle follow-up test and, if that follow-up test is negative, be reimbursed by their employing department.
Proponents said the bill responds to false positives produced by urinalysis and would give officers a more accurate second test before agencies take career-ending disciplinary steps. "Urinalysis tests have been found to not be accurate, not a 100% reliable," said Leonard Prine, a retired chief deputy with the Itawamba County sheriff's office and representative of the Southern States Police Benevolent Association, which sponsored the bill. "A hair follicle test…
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