BILL NUMBER: AB 2627INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Allen FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to add Sections 1326.1, 2701.1, and 3657 to the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to benefits. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2627, as introduced, Allen. Benefits payments: direct deposit. Existing law authorizes the Employment Development Department to administer the state unemployment insurance and the disability compensation programs and to distribute those benefits. This bill would require the department to distribute these benefits through direct deposit without the use of an EDD debit card upon request of an eligible claimant. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1326.1 is added to the Unemployment Insurance Code, to read: 1326.1. The department shall distribute unemployment compensation benefits through direct deposit by electronic fund transfer into an eligible claimant's account at the financial institution of his or her choice without the use of an EDD debit card upon the request of an eligible claimant in the form and manner prescribed by the department. SEC. 2. Section 2701.1 is added to the Unemployment Insurance Code, to read: 2701.1. The department shall distribute disability benefits through direct deposit by electronic fund transfer into an eligible claimant's account at the financial institution of his or her choice without the use of an EDD debit card upon the request of an eligible claimant in the form and manner prescribed by the department. SEC. 3. Section 3657 is added to the Unemployment Insurance Code, to read: 3657. The department shall distribute extended duration benefits through direct deposit by electronic fund transfer into an eligible claimant's account at the financial institution of his or her choice without the use of an EDD debit card upon the request of an eligible claimant in the form and manner prescribed by the department.