Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 40; Title 50; Title 58; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
ON APRIL 28, 2021, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 779, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to make the following changes and additions to present law: (1) Present law generally requires as a condition of eligibility for unemployment benefits that the claimant is unemployed for a one week waiting period. This amendment authorizes the commissioner of labor and workforce development to suspend the one-week waiting period to the extent necessary to allow the commissioner to effectively administer the state unemployment insurance program in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and to comply with, and maximize the benefits to this state from, federal legislation related to emergency unemployment benefits; (2) Present law generally requires that unemployment benefits paid to a claimant are charged to the accounts of the claimant's employers in the base period. This amendment authorizes the commissioner of labor and workforce development to authorize, in whole or in part, a non-charge to the account of a contributory employer that is in the claimant's base period for any unemployment benefits paid to a claimant to the extent necessary to allow the commissioner to effectively administer the state unemployment insurance program in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and to comply with, and maximize the benefits to this state from, federal legislation related to emergency unemployment benefits; and (3) Under present law, when a person who has been certified for involuntary admission to inpatient treatment is turned over to a sheriff or transportation agent for transport to a treatment resource, the person who made the certificate is to turn the original over the sheriff or transportation agent. This amendment authorizes substitution of an identical hard copy or electronic copy submitted by reliable electronic means, if the original certificate is not available. The provisions described in (1) and (2) are repealed July 1, 2022.
ON APRIL 28, 2021, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 779, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to make the following changes and additions to present law: (1) Present law generally requires as a condition of eligibility for unemployment benefits that the claimant is unemployed for a one week waiting period. This amendment authorizes the commissioner of labor and workforce development to suspend the one-week waiting period to the extent necessary to allow the commissioner to effectively administer the state unemployment insurance program in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and to comply with, and maximize the benefits to this state from, federal legislation related to emergency unemployment benefits; (2) Present law generally requires that unemployment benefits paid to a claimant are charged to the accounts of the claimant's employers in the base period. This amendment authorizes the commissioner of labor and workforce development to authorize, in whole or in part, a non-charge to the account of a contributory employer that is in the claimant's base period for any unemployment benefits paid to a claimant to the extent necessary to allow the commissioner to effectively administer the state unemployment insurance program in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and to comply with, and maximize the benefits to this state from, federal legislation related to emergency unemployment benefits; and (3) Under present law, when a person who has been certified for involuntary admission to inpatient treatment is turned over to a sheriff or transportation agent for transport to a treatment resource, the person who made the certificate is to turn the original over the sheriff or transportation agent. This amendment authorizes substitution of an identical hard copy or electronic copy submitted by reliable electronic means, if the original certificate is not available. The provisions described in (1) and (2) are repealed July 1, 2022.
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