Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.

Summary

The bill directs $200 million—first from federal COVID‑19 assistance, then from the state’s Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund if needed—to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for technology improvements in the unemployment insurance division. The department must submit an implementation plan to the Legislature within 60 days. The measure is intended to modernize the UI system after the pandemic‑driven surge in claims.

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