Florida Senate - 2013 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1024
Barcode 190184
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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03/07/2013 .
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The Committee on Community Affairs (Stargel) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 935 and 936
4 insert:
5 Section 35. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) of
6 section 443.091, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
7 443.091 Benefit eligibility conditions.—
8 (1) An unemployed individual is eligible to receive
9 benefits for any week only if the Department of Economic
10 Opportunity finds that:
11 (b) She or he has completed the department’s online work
12 registration registered with the department for work and
13 subsequently reports to the one-stop career center as directed
14 by the regional workforce board for reemployment services. This
15 requirement does not apply to persons who are:
16 1. Non-Florida residents;
17 2. On a temporary layoff;
18 3. Union members who customarily obtain employment through
19 a union hiring hall; or
20 4. Claiming benefits under an approved short-time
21 compensation plan as provided in s. 443.1116.
22 5. Unable to complete the online work registration due to
23 illiteracy, physical or mental impairment, a legal prohibition
24 from using a computer, or a language impediment. If a person is
25 exempted from the online work registration under this
26 subparagraph, then the filing of his or her claim constitutes
27 registration for work.
28 (c) To make continued claims for benefits, she or he is
29 reporting to the department in accordance with this paragraph
30 and department rules, and participating in an initial skills
31 review, as directed by the department. Department rules may not
32 conflict with s. 443.111(1)(b), which requires that each
33 claimant continue to report regardless of any pending appeal
34 relating to her or his eligibility or disqualification for
35 benefits.
36 1. For each week of unemployment claimed, each report must,
37 at a minimum, include the name, address, and telephone number of
38 each prospective employer contacted, or the date the claimant
39 reported to a one-stop career center, pursuant to paragraph (d).
40 2. The administrator or operator of the initial skills
41 review shall notify the department when the individual completes
42 the initial skills review and report the results of the review
43 to the regional workforce board or the one-stop career center as
44 directed by the workforce board. The department shall prescribe
45 a numeric score on the initial skills review that demonstrates a
46 minimal proficiency in workforce skills. The department,
47 workforce board, or one-stop career center shall use the initial
48 skills review to develop a plan for referring individuals to
49 training and employment opportunities. The failure of the
50 individual to comply with this requirement will result in the
51 individual being determined ineligible for benefits for the week
52 in which the noncompliance occurred and for any subsequent week
53 of unemployment until the requirement is satisfied. However,
54 this requirement does not apply if the individual is able to
55 affirmatively attest to being unable to complete such review due
56 to illiteracy or a language impediment or is exempt from the
57 work registration requirement as set forth in paragraph (b).
58 3. Any individual who falls below the minimal proficiency
59 score prescribed by the department in subparagraph 2. on the
60 initial skills review shall be offered training opportunities
61 and encouraged to participate in such training at no cost to the
62 individual in order to improve his or her workforce skills to
63 the minimal proficiency level.
64 4. The department shall coordinate with Workforce Florida,
65 Inc., the workforce boards, and the one-stop career centers to
66 identify, develop, and utilize best practices for improving the
67 skills of individuals who choose to participate in training
68 opportunities and who have a minimal proficiency score below the
69 score prescribed in subparagraph 2.
70 5. The department, in coordination with Workforce Florida,
71 Inc., the workforce boards, and the one-stop career centers,
72 shall evaluate the use, effectiveness, and costs associated with
73 the training prescribed in subparagraph 3. and report its
74 findings and recommendations for training and the use of best
75 practices to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
76 Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1, 2013.
77 Section 36. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
78 443.151, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
79 443.151 Procedure concerning claims.—
80 (2) FILING OF CLAIM INVESTIGATIONS; NOTIFICATION OF
81 CLAIMANTS AND EMPLOYERS.—
82 (b) Process.—When the Reemployment Assistance Claims and
83 Benefits Information System described in s. 443.1113 is fully
84 operational, the process for filing claims must incorporate the
85 process for registering for work with the workforce information
86 systems established pursuant to s. 445.011. Unless exempted
87 under s. 443.091(1)(b)5., a A claim for benefits may not be
88 processed until the work registration requirement is satisfied.
89 The department may adopt rules as necessary to administer the
90 work registration requirement set forth in this paragraph.
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94 And the title is amended as follows:
95 Delete line 73
96 and insert:
97 annual reports by Space Florida; amending s.443.091,
98 F.S.; providing for online work registration and
99 providing exceptions; amending s. 443.151, F.S.;
100 conforming provisions to changes made by this act;
101 amending s. 443.1113,