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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1138 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1960 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Marcus S. Vaughn |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to the prevention of unemployment fraud. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk1/18/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1138 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1960 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1960) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Marcus S. Vaughn for legislation to establish a special commission (including members of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | General Court) to study and report on the policies and procedures of the Department of |
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| 21 | 21 | | Unemployment Assistance to prevent and address unemployment fraud. Labor and Workforce |
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| 22 | 22 | | Development. |
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| 23 | 23 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1965 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 25 | 25 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 29 | 29 | | _______________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | An Act relative to the prevention of unemployment fraud. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 Notwithstanding any general or special laws to the contrary, there shall be established a |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2commission to study and report on the policies and procedures of the department of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3unemployment assistance to prevent and address unemployment fraud. The commission shall: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4(1) identify and review current policies to prevent and address fraudulent unemployment claims; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5(2) compile and review data concerning the frequency and extent of unemployment fraud that |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6has occurred during the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic, also known as COVID-19; (3) |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7evaluate the effectiveness of current policies to prevent unemployment fraud; and (4) |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8recommend evidence-based strategies or policies that can be established to prevent future |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9fraudulent unemployment claims. 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10 The commission shall be composed of 8 members as follows: the secretary of labor and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11workforce development or a designee, who shall serve as chair; the speaker of the house of |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12representatives or a designee; the president of the senate or a designee; the house minority leader |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13or a designee; the senate minority leader or a designee; the director of the department of |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14unemployment assistance or a designee; the state auditor or a designee; and the attorney general |
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| 47 | 47 | | 15or a designee. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 16 The commission shall submit a final report with its findings and any recommendations to |
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| 49 | 49 | | 17the clerks of the house of representative and the senate and the joint committee on labor and |
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| 50 | 50 | | 18workforce development not later than December 31, 2021. |
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