Sec. 501. State reporting on claims backlogs
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Section 2104 of division A of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9023 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: As a condition of any agreement under this section, the following rules shall apply: Each State participating in such an agreement shall submit to the Secretary of Labor on a weekly basis a report on the status in the State of any backlog of the processing of unemployment claims, including claims for regular compensation, extended compensation, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation.
Such report shall include a description, with respect to the previous week, of each of the following: The number of initial claims still in process, disaggregated by the number of such claims still pending— because of nonmonetary determinations; because of monetary determinations; because of suspected fraud; and for any other reason. The number of initial claims denied. The number of individuals with respect to whom a continued claim was paid. The number of individuals with respect to whom a continued claim is still in process, disaggregated by the number of such claims still pending— because of nonmonetary determinations; because of monetary determinations; because of suspected fraud; and for any other reason.
The number of individuals with respect to whom a continued claims was denied. Upon receipt of a report described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Labor shall publish such report on the website of the Department of Labor and shall submit such report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and at least every 90 days thereafter, each State participating in such an agreement shall submit to the Secretary of Labor a corrective action plan that includes a description of the actions the State has taken and intends to take to address any backlog of the processing of unemployment claims described in paragraph (1)(A).
The Secretary may waive the requirement under this subparagraph with respect to any State that the Secretary determines has made adequate progress in addressing any such backlog. The Secretary of Labor shall make technical assistance available to States to the extent feasible to enable States to develop and implement corrective action plans in accordance with this paragraph. If the Secretary of Labor determines at any time that a State has failed to take reasonable actions under a corrective action plan to address a claims backlog, the State shall collaborate with the Secretary to develop a subsequent corrective action plan to achieve clearly defined, targeted outcomes.
Upon receipt of a corrective action plan described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Labor shall publish such plan on the website of the Department of Labor and shall submit such report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. . The amendment made by subsection
(a)shall apply with respect to weeks beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.
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