Welfare Notes - August 2009

Constructed Drug Screens

To construct a drug screen, 60 days of employment are needed with the active random drug screen program. The 60 days are counted over a 6-month period. The 60 days are not required to be in consecutive employment over the 6-months period.

To get a constructed drug screen, you need to bring in your discharges or pay check stubs to the Clinic. The date on the drug screen card goes forward 4 months and 5 days from the last discharge date. You can rollover the expiration date on the constructed drug screen with each new discharge for another 4 months and 5 days unless you are off work for a 6-month period.

If you are unemployed for 6 months, then you are required to start over and would need 60 days of employment for the constructed drug screen. A complete drug screen should be taken at that time.

The constructed drug screen is a very cost effective procedure as it allows the Seafarers’ Medical Center to save the cost of laboratory testing for a complete drug screen.

If you have any questions, you can contact the Seafarers’ Medical Center directly at 415-392-3611.

Michelle Chang, Administrator  
Patty Martin  
Virginia Briggs, Claims  
Michael Jacyna, Eligibility  

SUP Welfare Plan

Phone Numbers: 415-778-5490 or 1-800-796-8003
Fax: 415-778-5495
Training Representative Berit Eriksson 415-957-1816
SIU-PD Pension Plan  415-764-4987
SIU-PD Supplemental Benefits Fund  415-764-4991