As used in this article, the term "employee assistance program" or "program" means a service established to assist state employees in coping with and overcoming persistent problems that jeopardize the employee's effective job performance.
(Code 1981, §45-20-70, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 990, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 13, § 45; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 1-1/HB 642.)