Assembly Bill A489

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Waives pandemic unemployment assistance repayments under certain circumstances

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Current Bill Status - Stricken


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A489 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1245
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §597-a, amd §597, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A7511, S6244

2023-A489 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives Unemployment Pandemic Benefits repayments in whole or in part if the payment of such pandemic unemployment assistance was without fault on the part of the claimant and such repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience.

2023-A489 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    489
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to waiving repayment of unem-
   ployment pandemic benefits under certain circumstances
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  597-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  597-A.  WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN OVERPAYMENTS OF PANDEMIC UNEM-
 PLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "UNEMPLOYMENT PANDEMIC BENEFITS" OR "UPB" MEANS FEDERAL  UNEMPLOY-
 MENT  INSURANCE  OR  ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS INCLUDING EXTENDED BENEFITS AND
 THE FIRST WEEK OF REGULAR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE MADE DURING THE  PERIOD
 OF  JANUARY TWENTY-SEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY THROUGH SEPTEMBER SIXTH,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE.
   (B) "WITHOUT FAULT" MEANS THE CLAIMANT HAS NOT KNOWINGLY  SUPPLIED  OR
 OMITTED  FALSE  INFORMATION,  WITH THE INTENT TO RECEIVE BENEFITS, WHICH
 DIRECTLY RESULTED IN THE DEPARTMENT ISSUING UPB TO  WHICH  THE  CLAIMANT
 WAS NOT ENTITLED.
   (C)  "BLANKET  WAIVER"  MEANS  A  WAIVER AUTHORIZED UNDER FEDERAL LAW,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO UIPL 20-21 AND UIPL 20-21, CHANGE 1 AND ANY
 AND ALL SUBSEQUENT WAIVERS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZES STATES
 TO IMPLEMENT.
   (D) "CATEGORICAL WAIVERS" MEANS A  WAIVER  FOR  WHICH  THE  DEPARTMENT
 RECEIVES  APPROVAL  AFTER  REQUESTING  PERMISSION  TO IMPLEMENT FROM THE
 FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND/OR APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGENCY IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH UIPL 20-21, CHANGE 1, ATTACHMENT 2. UPON APPROVAL, A CATEGORI-
 CAL WAIVER BECOMES A BLANKET WAIVER.
   (E) "INDIVIDUAL WAIVER" MEANS A WAIVER MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERY  CLAIM-
 ANT WHO HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED FOR A BLANKET WAIVER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02796-01-3
 A. 489                              2
              

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