SB 919 Summary

• Appropriates $11,000,000 in supplemental funds for fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, to the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity's Unemployment Insurance Agency.

• Authorizes funding from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund to support 300.0 full-time equated classified positions.

• Requires the department to hire term-limited employees for up to 6 months to reduce backlogs and delays in processing unemployment claims resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Directs funds to be used for providing customer service to unemployment insurance claimants experiencing processing delays.