87R12033 RDS-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2098
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing unemployment compensation claimants with
access to copies of their previously filed claims for benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 208, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 208.0225 to read as follows:
Sec. 208.0225. REQUEST FOR COPY OF CLAIM FILINGS. (a) The
commission shall adopt and implement a procedure by which a
claimant who has received a notice of an initial claim
determination under Section 208.022 may request and promptly
receive from the commission a copy of the claimant's filings in
relation to the claim.
(b) The commission shall include in a prominent location on
the commission's Internet website detailed information regarding
how a claimant may submit a request under this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.