Bill would protect public employees who use medical marijuana

Legislation has again been filed to protect public employees who are qualified medical marijuana patients in Florida.

Broward County Democratic state Sen. Tina Polsky’s proposal ( SB 136 ) would prohibit a public employer from taking adverse personnel action against an employee or a job applicant for their use of medical marijuana if the employee is a qualified patient.

There are exceptions if the public employer can establish that the use of cannabis is impairing the worker’s ability to perform his or her job duties or responsibilities.

The proposal also says that if the public employer does have a drug testing policy and an employee or job applicant tests positive for THC, the employer must provide the employee or applicant written notice within five days about their right to provid