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H01682023 Regular SessionSigned into law

Adds to existing law to establish procedures to verify the integrity of the employment security program.

EMPLOYMENT SECURITY PROGRAM -- Adds to existing law to establish procedures to verify the integrity of the employment security program.

EMPLOYMENT SECURITY PROGRAM

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The purpose of this legislation is to enhance program integrity for the state's unemployment insurance program. Covid-19 brought mass employment. Unfortunately, it also brought massive amounts of waste, fraud and abuse to our nations' employment programs. Nationally it is estimates that unemployment programs may have lost between$87billionto$400billiontofraudulentorwastefulclaims. ThislegislationwillrequiretheDepartment of Labor to perform routine cross checks of existing databases to which the state already has access, like new hire records, death records, prison roles, and others.

HOW THEY VOTED

house Chamber· Feb 28, 2023

House Third Reading

✓ Passed
69 Yea
0 Nay
1 absentPassed by 98.57 votes

ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)

LATEST ACTION

Reported Signed by Governor on April 3, 2023 Session Law Chapter 250 Effective: 07/01/2023

BILL INFO

Session
2023
Chamber
house
Status date
Apr 6, 2023

LINKS

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