New Jersey A 3828: Allocates $50 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development from federal government assistance to improve unemployment insurance benefit claims processing capacity.

Bill Text

ASSEMBLY, No. 3828

STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED MAY 2, 2022

Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MARILYN PIPERNO
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblywoman KIM EULNER
District 11 (Monmouth)

SYNOPSIS
Allocates $50 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development
from federal government assistance to improve unemployment insurance
benefit claims processing capacity.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.

A3828 PIPERNO, EULNER
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AN ACT allocating $50 million from federal government assistance 1
to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. 2
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BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 4
of New Jersey: 5
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1. a. Out of the amounts of federal government assistance 7
provided to this State with regard to the coronavirus disease 2019 8
pandemic which may be available to improve the claims processing 9
capacity of the unemployment insurance program following the 10
unprecedented spike in unemployment insurance benefit claims 11
filings caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and 12
related mitigation and containment efforts, $50 million shall be 13
allocated to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development 14
for information technology upgrades and temporary personnel 15
hiring. 16
b. Within 20 days of the effective date of P.L. , 17
c. (C. )(pending before the Legislature as this bill), the 18
department shall submit, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 19
(C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature an implementation plan to 20
effectuate the provisions of this act. 21
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2. This act shall take effect immediately. 23
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STATEMENT 26
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This bill allocates $50 million in available federal assistance to 28
the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The money 29
shall be spent in efforts to improve the benefit claims processing 30
capacity of the unemployment insurance (UI) program following 31
the unprecedented spike in UI benefit claims filings caused by the 32
coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Under the bill, the department 33
is required to submit to the Legislature an implementation plan to 34
effectuate the provisions of this bill. 35