Bill Text: IA SSB1194 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for procedures to verify eligibility for unemployment benefits and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-18 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SSB1194 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SSB1194-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1194
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LABOR
AND
BUSINESS
RELATIONS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
WHITING)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
procedures
to
verify
eligibility
1
for
unemployment
benefits
and
including
effective
date
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
96.1A,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
26A.
“Integrity
data
hub”
means
a
3
centralized,
electronic
platform,
including
a
successor
4
platform,
maintained
by
the
national
association
of
state
5
workforce
agencies,
or
a
successor
organization,
to
compare
6
and
analyze
benefit
claims
data
across
states
for
enhanced
7
detection
and
prevention
of
fraud
and
improper
payments.
8
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
26B.
“National
directory
of
new
hires”
9
means
a
database,
including
a
successor
database,
established
10
by
the
federal
office
of
child
support
enforcement
pursuant
11
to
the
federal
Personal
Responsibility
and
Work
Opportunity
12
Reconciliation
Act
of
1996,
Pub.
L.
No.
104-193,
for
the
13
purposes
of
assisting
state
child
support
agencies
in
locating
14
parents
and
enforcing
child
support
orders.
15
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
96.33
Verification
of
benefit
16
eligibility.
17
1.
The
department
shall
participate
in
and
utilize
the
18
integrity
data
hub
to
verify
the
integrity
of
all
claims
for
19
benefits
in
this
state.
20
2.
On
a
weekly
basis,
the
department
shall
check
all
21
claims
for
benefits
submitted
in
the
previous
week
against
22
the
most
recent
list
of
inmates
provided
by
the
department
23
of
corrections
pursuant
to
section
904.108
to
verify
the
24
eligibility
for
benefits
of
each
claimant.
25
3.
On
a
weekly
basis,
the
department
shall
check
all
claims
26
for
benefits
against
the
national
directory
of
new
hires,
as
27
well
as
any
other
source
of
information
on
newly
hired
or
28
rehired
employees
available
to
the
department
under
state
or
29
federal
law,
to
verify
the
eligibility
for
benefits
of
each
30
claimant.
31
4.
The
department
may
enter
into
an
agreement
pursuant
to
32
chapter
28E
or
execute
a
memorandum
of
understanding
with
other
33
state
and
federal
agencies
in
order
to
acquire
or
gain
access
34
to
information
required
to
be
shared
between
agencies
pursuant
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to
this
section.
1
5.
If
the
department
receives
information
concerning
2
a
claimant
that
indicates
a
change
in
the
claimant’s
3
circumstances
that
may
affect
the
claimant’s
eligibility
4
for
benefits,
the
department
shall
review
the
claimant’s
5
eligibility.
6
Sec.
3.
Section
904.108,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
7
following
new
subsection:
8
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
The
director
shall
provide
the
9
department
of
workforce
development
access
to
a
list
of
inmates
10
confined
in
institutions
under
the
department’s
jurisdiction
on
11
a
weekly
basis
for
purposes
of
compliance
with
section
96.33.
12
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
January
1,
13
2022.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
provides
for
procedures
for
the
department
of
18
workforce
development
to
verify
eligibility
for
unemployment
19
benefits.
20
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
participate
in
and
21
utilize
the
integrity
data
hub,
as
defined
in
the
bill,
to
22
verify
the
integrity
of
all
claims
for
benefits
in
Iowa.
23
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
check,
on
a
weekly
basis,
24
all
claims
for
benefits
submitted
in
the
previous
week
against
25
the
most
recent
list
of
inmates
provided
by
the
department
of
26
corrections
pursuant
to
the
bill
to
verify
the
eligibility
for
27
benefits
of
each
claimant.
28
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
check,
on
a
weekly
basis,
29
all
claims
for
benefits
against
the
national
directory
of
new
30
hires,
as
defined
in
the
bill,
as
well
as
any
other
source
31
of
information
on
newly
hired
or
rehired
employees
available
32
to
the
department
under
state
or
federal
law,
to
verify
the
33
eligibility
for
benefits
of
each
claimant.
34
The
bill
authorizes
the
department
to
enter
into
an
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agreement
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
28E
or
execute
a
memorandum
1
of
understanding
with
other
state
and
federal
agencies
in
order
2
to
acquire
or
gain
access
to
information
required
to
be
shared
3
between
agencies
pursuant
to
the
bill.
4
If
the
department
receives
information
concerning
a
claimant
5
that
indicates
a
change
in
the
claimant’s
circumstances
that
6
may
affect
the
claimant’s
eligibility
for
benefits,
the
bill
7
requires
the
department
to
review
the
claimant’s
eligibility.
8
The
bill
takes
effect
January
1,
2022.
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