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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1130 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3123 |
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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 assessing the costs 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. 1130 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3123 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3123) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Marcus S. Vaughn that the State Auditor conduct a comprehensive audit of the Department of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Unemployment Assistance to determine the level of unemployment fraud during the 2019 novel |
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| 21 | 21 | | coronavirus pandemic. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3137 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act relative to assessing the costs of unemployment fraud. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of the state |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2auditor shall conduct a comprehensive audit of the department of unemployment assistance to |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3determine the level of unemployment fraud that has taken place during the 2019 novel |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4coronavirus pandemic, also known as COVID-19. The audit shall include, but not be limited to: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5(1) a review and examination of the policies and procedures of the department of unemployment |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6assistance to prevent and address unemployment fraud; (2) a review of any and all costs to the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7state and taxpayers due to unemployment fraud during the course of the pandemic; and (3) any |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8recommendations regarding how to improve the department of unemployment’s policies to |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9prevent unemployment fraud. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 The department of the state auditor shall publish a report of its findings and make the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11report available to the public not later than December 31, 2021. |
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