Bill Text: IN SR0003 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging study of certain topics by Unemployment Insurance Oversight Committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-11 - Second reading: adopted Voice Vote [SR0003 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-SR0003-Introduced.html
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Legislative Council to assign certain topics to the Unemployment Insurance Oversight Committee.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor.
MADAM PRESIDENT:
I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Legislative Council to
assign certain topics to the Unemployment Insurance Oversight
Committee.
Whereas, Unemployment insurance programs were
designed to help workers and their families, but they also
play a key role in helping businesses, communities, and the
nation's economy; and
Whereas, However, certain issues must be clarified:
Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana Senate urges the Legislative
Council to assign the following study topics to the Unemployment
Insurance Oversight Committee for discussion during the 2010 interim:
1. The length of time taken by the Department of Workforce
Development (DWD) to process claims for unemployment
insurance (UI) benefits submitted by eligible claimants and the
reasons for delays in processing UI claims.
2. The types and amounts of savings realized by DWD as the
result of implementing HEA 1379-2009 (P.L.175-2009).
3. The types and amounts of fraud and abuse in the
unemployment insurance system identified by DWD.
4. The eligibility of full-time students for UI benefits, and the
relationship between that eligibility and the contributions made
by employers for employees who are full-time students.
