Bill Text: IL HB5837 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act to provide that, during the pendency of a disaster proclamation that is a result of a public health emergency or epidemic, provisions concerning ineligibility as a result of unemployment insurance fraud shall not apply to individuals residing in the counties affected by the gubernatorial disaster proclamation who are otherwise entitled to receive unemployment insurance benefits. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-11-10 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5837 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5837-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning employment.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 901 as follows:
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| 6 | (820 ILCS 405/901) (from Ch. 48, par. 491)
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| 7 | Sec. 901. Fraud - Repayment - Ineligibility. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (1) An individual who, for the purpose of obtaining | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | benefits, knowingly
makes a false statement or knowingly fails | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | to disclose a material fact,
and thereby obtains any sum as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | benefits for which he is not eligible:
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| 12 | A. Shall be required to repay such sum in cash, or the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | amount thereof may
be recovered or recouped pursuant to the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | provisions of Section 900.
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| 15 | B. Shall be ineligible, except to the extent that such | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | benefits are
subject to recoupment pursuant to this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Section,
for benefits for the week in which he or she has | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | been notified
of the determination of the claims | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | adjudicator referred to in Section 702
that he or she has | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | committed the offense described in
the first paragraph and, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | thereafter, for 6 weeks (with respect to each of
which he | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | or she
would be eligible for benefits but for the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | provisions of this
paragraph, not including weeks for which | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | such benefits are subject to
recoupment pursuant to this | ||||||
| 2 | Section)
for the first offense, and for 2 additional weeks | ||||||
| 3 | (with respect to each
of which he or she would be eligible | ||||||
| 4 | for benefits but for the provisions
of this paragraph, not | ||||||
| 5 | including weeks for which such benefits are subject to
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| 6 | recoupment pursuant to this Section) for each subsequent | ||||||
| 7 | offense. For the
purposes of this paragraph, a separate | ||||||
| 8 | offense shall be deemed to have been
committed in each week | ||||||
| 9 | for which such an individual has received a sum as
benefits | ||||||
| 10 | for which he
or she
was not eligible. No ineligibility | ||||||
| 11 | under the provisions
of this paragraph shall accrue with | ||||||
| 12 | respect to any week beginning after
whichever of the | ||||||
| 13 | following occurs first: (1) 26 weeks (with respect to each
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| 14 | of which the individual would be eligible for benefits but | ||||||
| 15 | for the provisions
of this paragraph, not
including weeks | ||||||
| 16 | for which such benefits are subject to recoupment pursuant | ||||||
| 17 | to
this Section)
have elapsed since the date that he or she | ||||||
| 18 | is notified of the determination
of the claims adjudicator | ||||||
| 19 | referred to in Section 702 that he or she has
committed the | ||||||
| 20 | offense described in the first paragraph, or (2) 2 years | ||||||
| 21 | have
elapsed
since the date
that he
or she
is notified of | ||||||
| 22 | the determination of the claims adjudicator referred
to in | ||||||
| 23 | Section 702 that he
or she
has committed the offense | ||||||
| 24 | described in the first
paragraph.
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| 25 | (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), during the pendency of | ||||||
| 26 | a disaster proclamation issued by the Governor pursuant to | ||||||
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| 1 | Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act that | ||||||
| 2 | is a result of a public health emergency or epidemic, the | ||||||
| 3 | penalties and requirements of paragraph B of subsection (1) | ||||||
| 4 | shall not apply to individuals residing in the counties | ||||||
| 5 | affected by the gubernatorial disaster proclamation who are | ||||||
| 6 | otherwise entitled to receive benefits under this Act. | ||||||
| 7 | (Source: P.A. 91-342, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| 8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 9 | becoming law.
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