CS/CS/HB 1463 Summary

• Renames the executive director of the Department of Economic Opportunity as the Secretary of Economic Opportunity and authorizes appointment of deputy and assistant secretaries.

• Establishes the Office of Economic Accountability and Transparency within the department to oversee critical objectives, organize resources, and manage priority issues requiring cross-functional coordination.

• Revises the Reemployment Assistance Claims and Benefits Information System to be an integrated, modular cloud-hosted system with annual reviews and reporting requirements to the Governor and Legislature.

• Creates employer-assisted claims mechanism allowing employers to file initial unemployment claims for employees affected by mass separations of 1,000+ workers.

• Changes appeals referee qualifications by deleting the requirement that they be Florida Bar attorneys, and modifies monetary determination timelines and appeal procedures for unemployment benefits.