Senate Study Bill 1061 



                                     SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                     BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                          WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BILL)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to confidential information regarding
  2    unemployment insurance benefits and providing penalties.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1422DP 82
  5 ak/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 96.11, subsection 6, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
  1  3    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (4)  The department shall hold
  1  4 confidential unemployment insurance information received by
  1  5 the department from an unemployment insurance agency of
  1  6 another state.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 96.11, subsection 6, paragraph f, Code
  1  8 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  9    f.  An employee of the department, an administrative law
  1 10 judge, or a member of the appeal board who violates this
  1 11 subsection is guilty, upon conviction, of a serious
  1 12 misdemeanor.  A public official or an agent or contractor of a
  1 13 public official who receives information pursuant to this
  1 14 subsection or a third party other than an agent who acts on
  1 15 behalf of a claimant or employer and who violates this
  1 16 subsection is guilty, upon conviction, of a serious
  1 17 misdemeanor.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill brings Iowa's unemployment insurance laws into
  1 20 compliance with new federal laws regarding confidential
  1 21 information.  The bill expands confidential information to
  1 22 include unemployment insurance information received from other
  1 23 states.  The bill also expands who can be held criminally
  1 24 responsible for revealing confidential information to include
  1 25 all public officials, their agents and contractors, and third
  1 26 parties.
  1 27 LSB 1422DP 82
  1 28 ak:rj/je/5.1