Bill Text: NJ S2379 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allocates $50 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development from federal government assistance to improve unemployment insurance benefit claims processing capacity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-24 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee [S2379 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-S2379-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 2379

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 24, 2022

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  TROY SINGLETON

District 7 (Burlington)

Senator  FRED H. MADDEN, JR.

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Allocates $50 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development from federal government assistance to improve unemployment insurance benefit claims processing capacity.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act allocating $50 million from federal government assistance to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  Out of the amounts of federal government assistance provided to this State with regard to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic which may be available to improve the claims processing capacity of the unemployment insurance program following the unprecedented spike in unemployment insurance benefit claims filings caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and related mitigation and containment efforts, $50 million shall be allocated to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for information technology upgrades and temporary personnel hiring.

     b.    Within 20 days of the effective date of P.L.    , c. (C.  )(pending before the Legislature as this bill), the department shall submit, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature an implementation plan to effectuate the provisions of this act. 

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill allocates $50 million in available federal assistance to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.  The money shall be spent in efforts to improve the benefit claims processing capacity of the unemployment insurance (UI) program following the unprecedented spike in UI benefit claims filings caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.  Under the bill, the department is required to submit to the Legislature an implementation plan to effectuate the provisions of this bill.