Bill Text: NJ A3450 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires four weeks pre-notification of exhaustion of UI benefits. *
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-22 - Substituted by S2380 (1R) [A3450 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A3450-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblywoman ELEASE EVANS
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Coughlin and Albano
SYNOPSIS
Requires three weeks pre-notification of exhaustion of UI benefits.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning notification of the exhaustion of unemployment benefits and supplementing chapter 21 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall give written notification to any individual receiving unemployment compensation pursuant to R.S.43:21-1 et seq., including any State or federal extension of the unemployment compensation, of the date of the final exhaustion of all unemployment compensation for the individual, not less than three weeks prior to that date. The written notification shall include a referral for services from the Department of Human Services and any other appropriate State agency to counsel and assist the individual to obtain any resources which may be available for the individual and dependents of the individual, including housing and health coverage assistance. The notification shall be distributed in a manner deemed by the commissioner to be the most practicable and cost effective, but that will ensure timely personal notification of each person.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to give at least three weeks written pre-notification to any individual receiving unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, including any State or federal extension of the UI benefits, of the date of the final exhaustion of all UI benefits for the individual. The notification shall include a referral for services from the Department of Human Services and any other appropriate State agency to counsel and assist the individual to obtain any resources which may be available for the individual and dependents of the individual, including housing and health coverage assistance.
