Bill Text: TX HB4221 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a temporary waiver of certain unemployment benefit eligibility conditions and of the recovery of certain improper benefits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Business & Industry [HB4221 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4221-Introduced.html
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| By: Rodriguez | H.B. No. 4221 | |
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| relating to a temporary waiver of certain unemployment benefit | ||
| eligibility conditions and of the recovery of certain improper | ||
| benefits. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 207, Labor Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 207.0213 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 207.0213. TEMPORARY WAIVER OF CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY | ||
| CONDITIONS. (a) Notwithstanding Section 207.021, if the commission | ||
| finds that in any seven-day period the number of initial claims | ||
| filed under this subtitle is more than five times the number of | ||
| initial claims filed under this subtitle in the preceding seven-day | ||
| period, the commission shall suspend for a period of 30 days the | ||
| following eligibility conditions to authorize an individual who is | ||
| otherwise eligible to receive benefits under this subtitle to | ||
| receive those benefits: | ||
| (1) the condition imposed under Section 207.021(a)(5) | ||
| that an individual be actively seeking work; and | ||
| (2) the condition imposed under Section 207.021(a)(8) | ||
| that an individual have been totally or partially unemployed for a | ||
| waiting period. | ||
| (b) The period of a suspension imposed under Subsection (a) | ||
| begins on the first day of the seven-day period in which the | ||
| increased number of initial claims were filed. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 214.002, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and except as | ||
| otherwise provided by this subsection, if the commission finds that | ||
| in any seven-day period the number of initial claims filed under | ||
| this subtitle is more than five times the number of initial claims | ||
| filed under this subtitle in the preceding seven-day period, the | ||
| commission may not seek to recover the amount of any improper | ||
| benefits received during the 30-day period beginning on the first | ||
| day of the seven-day period in which the increased number of initial | ||
| claims were filed. This subsection does not apply to improper | ||
| benefits obtained by a person due to a nondisclosure or | ||
| misrepresentation that is known or fraudulent. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
