LCO No. 2401 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6345 January Session, 2021 LCO No. 2401 Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by: REP. SANCHEZ, 24th Dist. AN ACT GRANTING TEMPORARY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS DURING A COVID-19 RELATED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to allow individuals who are 1 disqualified from accessing unemployment benefits because of such 2 individuals' debt to the state to be temporarily granted such benefits 3 during a COVID-19 related public health emergency. 4 Statement of Purpose: To allow individuals who are disqualified from accessing unemployment benefits because of such individuals' debt to the state to be temporarily granted such benefits during a COVID-19 related public health emergency.