Bill > H4202

This bill aims to provide waivers for non-fault overpayments of certain unemployment insurance benefits, including Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation, Federal Extended Benefits, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, and Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation. The key provisions include: (1) requiring the Department of Unemployment Assistance to provide notice of the overpayment waiver process to all individuals who were overpaid in 2020 or 2021, regardless of whether they had previously applied for a waiver; (2) mandating the department to provide telephone or in-person assistance for individuals to apply for waivers, especially those with limited English proficiency or lack of access to technology; (3) requiring the department to grant waivers if the individual is "without fault" based on various criteria, such as meeting indigency standards, using the benefits for ordinary living expenses, or departmental errors; (4) requiring the department to review all waiver applications within 90 days and return any recouped funds within 30 days of a waiver being granted; and (5) prohibiting the establishment of overpayments based on a redetermination more than one year after the first date of benefits paid.

Labor and Employment

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4202