Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of EAPA
Please join us for our next monthly meeting held on
May 13th, 2025
Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of EAPA
Please join us for our next monthly meeting held on
May 13th, 2025
News and Events
Monthly Meeting
The San Francisco Bay Area EAPA chapter meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month (there is no meeting in August). Each training provides a minimum 1.5 continuing education units (CEU's) from the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) and/or 1.5 professional development hours (PDH's).
The next chapter meeting will be held on May 13th, 2025
Topic:
The State of Employee Drug Testing in California
Date and Time:
May 13th, 2025
11:30AM-1:30PM
Location:
All Virtual
Click here to register:
https://conta.cc/3GCIBvd
Speaker:
Tamara Cagney, Ed.D, MA, BSN, MFT, LPCC, CEAP
Description:
We will explore what’s new in California drug testing for both regular and safety
sensitive employees. We will discuss both the benefits and barriers created for employees working in California. This will include both an overview of the new legislation AB2188, and an update on the changing DOT testing options.
Outline:
ICA AB 2188
Employment protections
- Testing limitation
Topic B
State DMV role in Cleaning house starting in 2024
- Employer option to introduce oral fluid DOT drug testing
Bio:
Dr Cagney is the executive director of TC Training and Consulting. The focus of her
current consultation and training centers around the US Department of Transportation Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations and the workplace impact of rapidly changing cannabis legalization.
She has provided Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services since 1981 in both the public and private sectors, in unionized and non-unionized settings. She served as a Distinguished Member of the Laboratory Staff in the role of an embedded employee
assistance professional at Sandia National Laboratories, a DOE research laboratory for 20 years. She provides ongoing clinical consultation to Member Assistance and Employee Assistance Programs including the Northern California Teamsters’ Assistance Program .
Dr. Tamara Cagney attended the University of South Carolina and received a BS in
Nursing. Following graduation, she served in the US Army Nurse Corp specializing as a
Psychiatric Nurse Clinician. She later received her Masters Degree in counseling
psychology from the University of San Francisco. During her masters studies she worked with the Veterans Administration specializing in the treatment of substance use disorders. Dr. Cagney earned her Doctorate Degree in counseling psychology. She is a licensed marriage family therapist, a licensed professional clinical counselor, a certified coach and a certified employee assistance professional.
Tamara is the Past President of the International Employee Assistance Professionals Association. She conducts national training for DOT Substance Abuse Professionals throughout the country. Her writing has appeared in professional publications and periodicals on managed behavioral healthcare, organizational development, substance abuse in the workplace and employee assistance programs.
