HB 5549 Summary

• Requires the unemployment agency to submit quarterly reports to the Office of the Unemployment Insurance Advocate containing specified data on appeals to administrative law judges, including total appeals separated by claimant and employer filers and average decision turnaround time.

• Mandates reporting of appeals decided in favor of claimants, including the total number, average time to resume benefit payments, and number of cases appealed by the agency to the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Commission.

• Requires the agency to report the total number of administrative law judge decisions appealed to the Appeals Commission versus those not appealed, and the number of claims with judge decisions where benefits have not begun or been resumed.

• Requires the unemployment agency to submit copies of any U.S. Department of Labor monitoring reviews, agency responses, and corrective action plans to the Unemployment Insurance Advocate within 30 days of issuance.

• Prohibits inclusion of personal identifying information in submitted reports and ties the bill's effectiveness to the enactment of House Bill 5552.