Bills › 89th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 15, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 15, 2021
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill provides for procedures for the department of workforce development to verify eligibility for unemployment benefits. The bill requires the department to participate in and utilize the integrity data hub, as defined in the bill, to verify the integrity of all claims for benefits in Iowa. The bill requires the department to check, on a weekly basis, all claims for benefits submitted in the previous week against the most recent list of inmates provided by the department of corrections pursuant to the bill to verify the eligibility for benefits of each claimant.
Read the full explanation
The bill requires the department to check, on a weekly basis, all claims for benefits against the national directory of new hires, as defined in the bill, as well as any other source of information on newly hired or rehired employees available to the department under state or federal law, to verify the eligibility for benefits of each claimant. _____ agreement pursuant to Code chapter 28E or execute a memorandum of understanding with other state and federal agencies in order to acquire or gain access to information required to be shared between agencies pursuant to the bill. If the department receives information concerning a claimant that indicates a change in the claimant’s circumstances that may affect the claimant’s eligibility for benefits, the bill requires the department to review the claimant’s eligibility. The bill takes effect January 1, 2022.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 15, 2021. On February 18, 2021 it recommended passage.
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