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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 108 of 217 Employees who are requesting leave and have been identified for testin g shall be tested in the following order: a. Employees experiencing an emergency situation, whose leave has been denied as a result of being identified for testing, shall be tested as soon as possible once the employee notifies the Agency of the emergency si tuation so their leave can be granted as soon as they provide a specimen. When an employee must leave without first providing a specimen, documentation must be provided to substantiate the emergency as soon as feasible after returning to duty. b. Employees o n duty who have pre - approved leave shall be tested in time to accommodate their leave request. c. When requests for other leave would be approved if not for testing being conducted, the supervisor shall coordinate with the Site Coordinator (SC) so that the employee can be tested in the order that will allow them to take leave, provided it will not cause any other employees identified for testing to stay beyond the end of their scheduled work day in order to be tested. Section 21. There shall be no local or regional supplements to this Article. Section 22. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as a waiver of any employee, Union, or Agency right. ARTICLE 74 CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT (CISM) Section 1. The Agency has established a Critical Inc ident Stress Management (CISM) Program which is designed to proactively manage the common disruptive physical, mental and emotional factors that an employee may experience after a critical incident (e.g.. accidents/incidents, such as an aviation disaster w ith loss of life, the death of a co worker, acts of terrorism, bomb threats, exposure to toxic materials, prolonged rescue or recovery operations and natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes). Upon request, an employee involved in or witnessing a critical incident shall be relieved from operational duties as soon as feasible. Section 2. The Agency's CISM Program is an educational process designed to minimize the impact of a critical incident on employees. It is not intended to evaluate employee s in terms of gathering factual information about employee performance or to be a mechanism for psychological assessment. Section 3. The CISM Program will include fifteen (15) Peer Debriefers appointed by the Union for the purpose of responding to critica l incidents and providing peer support. From within this team, the Union, at the national level, will designate up to four (4) national CISM coordinators to work with jurisdictional EAP Managers to arrange for critical incident response. Section 4. Annual CISM training will be provided to the Union designees referenced in Section 3 of this Article on duty time, if otherwise in a duty status, and shall entitle the participants to travel and per diem allowances. The Agency agrees to adjust the schedule(s) of participants to allow them to participate in a duty status. Section 5. Whenever the Agency determines to send out a CISM team, the Union designee shall

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