Injuries covered by comp in bill despite positive marijuana test
Posted On: Feb. 23, 2021 10:48 AM CSTKentucky lawmakers introduced legislation that would amend state law to exclude certain levels of marijuana in the blood from the presumption that a worker’s injury was caused by drug use.
H.B. 529, introduced Monday, would eliminate the presumption that employees who sustained workplace injuries and had detectable levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in their systems were injured as a result of the drug, as long as the workers had no other unprescribed substances in their bodies and the amount of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol measured in the workers’ bodies through scientifically reliable testing was less than 5 nanograms.
The bill has been referred to the committee on committees.