A bill for an act relating to information provided to the department of workforce development during the fact-finding process for claims for unemployment benefits.(Formerly SSB 3003 .)

Senate

File

2089

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2089

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

WORKFORCE

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SSB

3003)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

information

provided

to

the

department

of

1

workforce

development

during

the

fact-finding

process

for

2

claims

for

unemployment

benefits.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

96.11,

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

17.

Fact

finding

——

information

about

claim.

3

a.

The

department

shall

establish

a

process

whereby

a

4

claimant

and

an

employer

may

each

provide

information

to

the

5

department

prior

to

the

department’s

fact-finding

process

for

6

a

claim

for

benefits

without

the

presence

of

or

participation

7

by

the

other

party.

The

department

shall

make

any

information

8

provided

by

a

party

in

this

way

available

to

the

other

party

9

following

the

conclusion

of

each

party’s

statement

during

the

10

joint

fact-finding

meeting

interview.

At

the

request

of

either

11

party,

the

department

shall

provide

such

information

to

each

12

party

without

the

presence

of

or

participation

by

the

other

13

party.

14

b.

The

department

shall

give

each

party

an

opportunity

to

15

provide

a

rebuttal

or

response

to

information

provided

by

the

16

other

party

prior

to

the

department’s

initial

determination

of

17

the

validity

of

the

claim.

At

the

request

of

either

party,

18

the

department

shall

provide

such

an

opportunity

without

the

19

presence

of

or

participation

by

the

other

party.

20

c.

Information

provided

to

the

department

pursuant

to

this

21

subsection

shall

be

subject

to

the

same

standards

applicable

22

to

other

information

obtained

by

the

department

during

the

23

fact-finding

process

for

claims

for

benefits.

24

EXPLANATION

25

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

26

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

27

This

bill

requires

the

department

of

workforce

development

28

to

establish

a

process

whereby

a

claimant

and

an

employer

29

may

each

provide

information

to

the

department

prior

to

the

30

department’s

fact-finding

process

for

a

claim

for

unemployment

31

benefits

without

the

presence

of

or

participation

by

the

other

32

party.

The

department

shall

make

any

information

provided

by

33

a

party

in

this

way

available

to

the

other

party

following

34

the

conclusion

of

each

party’s

statement

during

the

joint

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fact-finding

meeting

interview.

At

the

request

of

either

1

party,

the

department

shall

provide

such

information

to

each

2

party

without

the

presence

of

or

participation

by

the

other

3

party.

4

The

bill

requires

the

department

to

give

each

party

an

5

opportunity

to

provide

a

rebuttal

or

response

to

information

6

provided

by

the

other

party

prior

to

the

department’s

initial

7

determination

of

the

validity

of

the

claim.

At

the

request

of

8

either

party,

the

department

shall

provide

such

an

opportunity

9

without

the

presence

of

or

participation

by

the

other

party.

10

Information

provided

to

the

department

pursuant

to

the

bill

11

shall

be

subject

to

the

same

standards

applicable

to

other

12

information

obtained

by

the

department

during

the

fact-finding

13

process

for

claims

for

unemployment

benefits.

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