SB 1803 — unemployment insurance; notification; benefits

SB1803 - 551R - S-PeshlakaiS flrVer amend  (ref  Bill)  adopted-AdoptedSenate            Engrossed Bill  Number:unemployment insurance;

S.B.notification;

benefits         State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session       SENATE BILL 1803              Peshlakai  Floor  AmendmentAN            ACT Reference  to:amending Title 23, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 23-772.01;

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Laura Benitez     FLOOR(TEXT AMENDMENTOF EXPLANATIONBILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)   1.Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

 Section 1. Requires the Department of Economic Security (DES) to notify a claimant if additional information is needed to adjudicate a claimant's application in the manner prescribed for examination and determination of claims, rather than within 10 days after their application is flagged for or suspected of fraud.

Title 23, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 23-772.01, to read:

START_STATUTE23-772.01.

Notification required;

fraud;

decision Notwithstanding any other law:

1.

If additional information is needed to adjudicate a claimant's application for benefits, the department shall notify the claimant as required by sections 23-772 and 23-773.

 The Requiresdepartment DESshall to notify a claimant ofwhether theirthe benefitclaimant eligibilityis withineligible 21for benefits under this chapter not more than twenty-one days ofafter the claimant files an application for benefits or within the timeliness timeframes established by the U.S.United states department of labor pursuant to 20 code of federal regulations part 640.

DepartmentEND_STATUTE of Labor according to federal regulations on the Standard for Benefit Payment Promptness, rather than within days.

3.

  Removes the automatic approval of a claimant's application if DES does not notify the claimant of their eligibility within 21 days.

    Fifty-fifth Legislature                                                 Peshlakai First Regular Session                                                   S.B.

1803   PESHLAKAI FLOOR AMENDMENT SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B.

1803 (Reference to printed bill)   Page 1, line 6, after "if" insert "additional information is needed to adjudicate";

after "benefits" strike remainder of line Line 7, strike "otherwise suspected of fraud" Strike lines and 9, insert "as required by sections 23-772 and 23-773." Line 12, after "benefits" strike remainder of line Strike lines and 14, insert "or within the timeliness timeframes established by the United States department of labor pursuant to 20 code of federal regulations part 640." Amend title to conform     JAMESCITA PESHLAKAI   1803PESHLAKAI0944 03/22/2021 09:44 AM S:

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