Senate
Study
Bill
3003
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
WORKFORCE
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
DICKEY)
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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