IN HB1062

Modernizes communication methods by replacing requirements for "written" or "mailed" notices with language allowing the Department of Workforce Development to send notices and receive filings in "the form and manner prescribed by the department," enabling electronic communications

Increases the annual expenditure cap from the special employment and training services fund from $5 million to $10 million for prevention, detection, and recovery of delinquent contributions, penalties, and improper benefit payments

Expands confidential information disclosure authority by aligning state law with federal regulations (20 CFR 603.5), allowing disclosure to individuals, employers, public officials, contractors, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics under specified conditions

Establishes a 10-year statute of limitations for the department to commence civil actions to collect benefit overpayments, calculated from the date the eligibility determination becomes final including exhaustion of all appeals

Clarifies that employing units subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act become Indiana employers if required to qualify for full FUTA credit, and removes the appeals process for seasonal employer determinations while retaining appeals for redeterminations when seasonal status is lost