MI HB5859

Requires legislative approval by resolution from both houses before the unemployment agency can assign investigations division members to other divisions within the agency.

Prohibits the unemployment agency from rescinding or discontinuing a rule requiring a minimum 10 business day delay before first payment on newly filed unemployment benefit claims without legislative approval.

Requires legislative approval before the unemployment agency can rescind or discontinue computer system rules that detect blacklisted email domains, blacklisted IP addresses, out-of-state physical addresses, or duplicate claims sharing bank accounts, IP addresses, or physical addresses.

Requires legislative approval before eliminating computer system rules designed to detect potential fraud, including detection based on geographic distance between a claimant's IP address and physical address.