A bill to provide Federal Financial assistance to employers, labor organizations, or consortiums thereof, or other groups or individuals, to establish and operate occupational alcoholism programs for the diagnosis and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism in employed persons, including managerial personnel, and their dependents, and for other purposes.
Occupational Alcoholism Prevention and Treatment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, acting through the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, to make grants to employers, labor organizations, consortiums of employees or labor organizations, and to public or private nonprofit agencies and organizations, to pay no more than 50 percent of the cost of establishing, and operating occupational alcoholism programs.
Authorizes the appropriation of a specified percentage of Federal taxes collected on alcohol to finance such assistance. Allots such fund among the States.
Requires any individual or organization desiring to receive funds to submit an annual application for approval by the Secretary.
Makes applicants approved by the Secretary eligible to receive grants from the State allotment.
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources.
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