HHS/SAMHSA proposed guidelines · comments due December 28 · October 30, 2026
An October 29 Federal Register notice proposes changes to federal workplace urine-testing guidelines. The HHS/SAMHSA proposal would reduce the required initial-test quality-control sample proportion from 10% to 4%, while retaining the 10% requirement for confirmation testing.
What is not changing in this proposal
The proposal does not change THC cutoff levels, eliminate cannabis testing, or grant employees permission to use cannabis. It is a laboratory quality-control proposal, not a final rule or a new workplace accommodation policy.
Comments are due December 28 according to the notice. Georgia patients and employers should continue distinguishing state medical-cannabis access from workplace and safety-sensitive testing requirements. A medical-cannabis card should not be treated as an automatic exemption from an employer’s policy or applicable federal rules.
Sources and context
October 30 intelligence-report selection. Proposed laboratory procedures, not a change in permission to use cannabis.
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