AK SB159

Requires unemployment examiners to collect evidence of duplicate, out-of-state, or foreign Internet protocol address submissions as part of claim eligibility determination.

Requires the department to verify claimant identity and coordinate with the Department of Health and Social Services to review relevant eligibility information before making initial benefit determinations.

Allows the department to reconsider benefit determinations within one year if evidence shows the claimant submitted the claim from a duplicate, out-of-state, or foreign Internet protocol address.

Changes the basis for determining weekly benefit duration from an individual's earnings ratio to the state average unemployment rate, with weeks of benefits ranging from 14 weeks (unemployment rate up to 5.00%) to 26 weeks (unemployment rate 10.51% and above).

Defines "state average unemployment rate" as the average seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate for the most recently completed quarter of the calendar year as reported by the department.