Jim Nielsen
- Republican
Author
Existing law requires the Employment Development Department to administer a program for the payment of unemployment compensation to the eligible unemployed. Existing law requires the department to periodically review policies and practices used to determine eligibility and benefits that result in delayed eligibility unemployment determinations or benefit payments and that fail to identify or prevent fraud. Existing law requires the director of the department to report the results of the first review to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2015, and authorizes the submission of subsequent reports. This bill would require the Employment Development Department to take various actions in response to recommendations by the California State Auditor regarding the timely issuance of unemployment insurance benefits and the reduction of fraud associated with the payment of those benefits. Among other things, the bill would require the department, on or before May 31, 2022, to identify elements of the Benefit Modernization System IT project and to prioritize implementing these elements. The bill would also require the department, on or before May 31, 2022, to implement a policy establishing a process for tracking and analyzing the reasons why unemployment insurance claimants call for assistance. On or before October 31, 2022, and every 6 months thereafter, the bill would require the department to analyze the data to improve call center performance, as specified. The bill would require the department to provide the Legislature with a plan for assessing the effectiveness of its fraud prevention and detection tools by May 1, 2022, and to provide a report to the Legislature with an update on its progress on performing this analysis by July 1, 2022. The bill would require the department to designate a unit that is responsible for coordinating all unemployment insurance fraud prevention and detection efforts, as specified.
August 26 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
July 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1342.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1184.) (May 20).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 20.
May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 10.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 918.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 26.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
April 19 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing April 19.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 19.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB232 | HTML |
| 01/19/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/10/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/15/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/17/21 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/23/21- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 05/07/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/22/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/23/21- Assembly Insurance | |
| 07/05/21- Assembly Appropriations |
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