Labor

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify that reports must be submitted annually or that it updates the Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act specifically. These details are speculative and have been removed.

Allowing Electronic Reports for Worker Compliance

This bill allows state governmental entities and local health departments to submit annual reports about worker eligibility rules electronically.

What This Bill Does

• Changes Tennessee law to allow electronic submission of reports by state governmental entities and local health departments.

Who It Names or Affects

• State governmental entities
• Local health departments

Terms To Know

Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act

A law that sets rules about who can get certain benefits or entitlements.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if electronic reports are not submitted.
• It is unclear how this change will affect the process of verifying worker eligibility.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 832
By Seal

HOUSE BILL 1126
By Farmer

HB1126
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 50 and Title 57, relative to workers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-58-106(b), is amended by adding
the following sentence to the end of the subsection:
A report submitted under this subsection (b) may be submitted electronically.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.