Bill Text - SB515 (2010)

Relative to allowing the commissioner of the department of employment security to participate in a joint local employment dynamics program with the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.


Revision: April 29, 2010, midnight

SB 515 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

2010 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 515

AN ACT relative to allowing the commissioner of the department of employment security to participate in a joint local employment dynamics program with the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

SPONSORS: Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Rep. Schlachman, Rock 13

COMMITTEE: Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection

ANALYSIS

This bill allows the commissioner of the department of employment security to participate in the joint local employment dynamics program with the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics by providing certain information.

This bill is a request of the department of employment security.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to allowing the commissioner of the department of employment security to participate in a joint local employment dynamics program with the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Paragraph; Reports or Statements; Participation in Federal Statistical Program. Amend RSA 282-A:118 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

VII. That for the purpose of participating in a joint local employment dynamics program with the United States Census Bureau in order to produce quarterly workforce indicators, the commissioner of the department of employment security may provide quarterly employment and wage information to the United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau’s use of the information provided shall be limited to the purposes of its Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Program. Information under this paragraph shall only be provided upon a finding by the commissioner that sufficient guarantees of continued confidentiality are in place.

2 Reports or Statements; Confidential. Amend RSA 282-A:118, V-VI to read as follows:

V. That for the purpose of assessing governmental performance and accountability, the commissioner of the department of employment security may provide information to the Wage Record Interchange System developed by the U.S. Department of Labor as administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, or its designee, and utilized by each state’s Performance Accountability and Customer Information Agency (PACIA). The use of the information shall be limited to the purposes contained in the federal Workforce Investment Act or the Wagner-Peyser Act. Information under this paragraph shall only be provided upon a finding by the commissioner that sufficient guarantees of continued confidentiality are in place; [and]

VI. That for the purpose of the Social Security Administration and the department of employment security establishing and verifying eligibility and payment amounts; and preventing and detecting waste, abuse, fraud, and identity theft, the commissioner of the department of employment security may enter into a reciprocal electronic data-exchange agreement with the Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration’s use of the information provided shall be limited to use in accordance with federal laws and regulations pertaining to prevention and detection of fraud, waste, and abuse in the Social Security Administration’s programs, and the entitlement, eligibility, and benefit payment amounts of individuals under Title II or Title XVI of the Social Security Act. Authorized federal employees granted access as provided in this paragraph shall be granted access on a case by case basis as provided in paragraph III. Information under this paragraph shall only be provided upon a finding by the commissioner that sufficient guarantees of continued confidentiality are in place[.]; and

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.