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 Bill Status of HB0461  94th General Assembly


Short Description:  UNEMPLOY INS-RETIREMENT

House Sponsors
Rep. William B. Black - Karen A. Yarbrough - Eddie Washington - Patricia Bailey, Brandon W. Phelps and Thomas Holbrook

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
820 ILCS 405/611from Ch. 48, par. 441


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that none of the amount received by an individual as primary social security old age and disability retirement benefits shall constitute disqualifying income.

 Home Rule Note (Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity)
 In the opinion of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, House Bill 461 does not pre-empt home rule authority.

 State Mandates Fiscal Note (Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity)
 In the opinion of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, House Bill 461 does not create a State mandate under the State Mandates Act.

 Fiscal Note (Department of Employment Security)
 Based on actual disqualifying income data for individuals receiving Unemployment Insurance (UI) during calendar year 2004, House Bill 461 is projected to increase unemployment benefit outlays by at least $27 million annually. If enacted, this bill will also presumably change the behavior of some individuals, motivating them to file UI claims that they otherwise would not have made. This behavioral change is somewhat unpredictable and would add to the annual costs by an undetermined amount. There would also be one-time costs of implementing the law change. There will be necessary software changes to the current UI Benefit Information System and its federal system TeleServe, a telephone voice response system for biweekly certification used by UI claimants. TeleServe changes would require in the voice system scripts and the capture of the responses. The estimated cost of these changes to the automated systems is approximately $20,000. Another area of one-time implementation costs would be in the updating of information packets to claimants, a change in the video containing Benefit Rights Information, a change in the manual benefit certification forms mailed to UI claimants that do not use Tele-Serve and updated training information on the UI law change to IDES frontline staff. The IDES staff costs involved in implementing the law change can be thought of as opportunity costs. There should be no additional increment of staff needed to implement this law change but rather just a change in priority of what gets done when. The updating of information packets, informational videos and forms happens on an ongoing basis where there is a significant change in information. The proposed law change, in itself, would be a significant change in information to claimants and would trigger an update. At that time, other less significant changes would also be updated in the informational materials. The associated cost, including related contractual costs, is under $50,000 and would not be entirely attributed to the proposed law change.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/26/2005HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. William B. Black
  1/27/2005HouseFirst Reading
  1/27/2005HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/2/2005HouseAssigned to Labor Committee
  2/9/2005HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 013-007-000
  2/10/2005HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  2/10/2005HouseFiscal Note Requested by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
  2/10/2005HouseState Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
  2/10/2005HouseHome Rule Note Requested by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
  3/1/2005HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
  3/2/2005HouseHome Rule Note Filed
  3/2/2005HouseState Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
  3/3/2005HouseMotion Filed Rep. Michael J. Madigan; Recommit to Labor Committee
  3/3/2005HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
  3/22/2005HouseFiscal Note Filed
  4/8/2005HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  4/8/2005HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
  4/13/2005HouseChief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
  4/13/2005HouseChief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
  4/15/2005HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  10/25/2005HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
  1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die

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