Bill > S1018

This bill extends the statute of limitations for fraud by individuals under the COVID-19 unemployment programs. Specifically, it amends the CARES Act to: 1. Establish a 10-year statute of limitations for criminal charges or civil enforcement actions related to fraud in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation, and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs. 2. Require individuals who received overpayments from these programs to repay the amounts, with the state agency given the authority to recover the overpayments through deductions from future unemployment compensation over a 10-year period. The state agency may waive repayment if the overpayment was not the individual's fault and repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience. 3. Provide for review of the state agency's determinations regarding overpayments and fraud in the same manner as determinations under the state's unemployment compensation law. The bill also includes similar provisions for the Lost Wages Assistance program administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.