| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
| ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Revenue Law of the
Civil | ||||||
| 5 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 6 | 2505-760 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 2505/2505-760 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 2505-760. Unemployment benefit fraud prevention. The | ||||||
| 9 | Department of Employment Security and the Department of | ||||||
| 10 | Revenue shall cooperate under the Unemployment Insurance Act | ||||||
| 11 | by sharing information concerning any suspected fraudulent | ||||||
| 12 | unemployment benefit received by an Illinois taxpayer, as | ||||||
| 13 | provided under Section 2703 of the Unemployment Insurance Act. | ||||||
| 14 | The Department may adopt rules for the purposes of | ||||||
| 15 | establishing a safe, secure, and expedited method of | ||||||
| 16 | identifying Illinois taxpayers who have claimed or been paid | ||||||
| 17 | fraudulent unemployment benefits and taking necessary actions | ||||||
| 18 | to hold the Illinois taxpayer harmless from adverse changes to | ||||||
| 19 | his or her income, based upon fraudulent acts, reported to the | ||||||
| 20 | Department for tax filing or payment purposes provided under | ||||||
| 21 | the Illinois Income Tax Act. | ||||||
| 22 | Section 10. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | adding Section 2703 as follows: | ||||||
| 2 | (820 ILCS 405/2703 new) | ||||||
| 3 | Sec. 2703. Exchange of information with Department of | ||||||
| 4 | Revenue for fraud prevention. The administration of this Act | ||||||
| 5 | shall include cooperation between the Department of Employment | ||||||
| 6 | Security and the Department of Revenue to securely exchange | ||||||
| 7 | information for purposes of ensuring the accuracy and | ||||||
| 8 | legitimacy of unemployment insurance, including the | ||||||
| 9 | application and receipt of unemployment benefits, provided for | ||||||
| 10 | under this Act. The Department, in collaboration with the | ||||||
| 11 | Department of Revenue, shall adopt a method of verification | ||||||
| 12 | that seeks to identify any suspected fraudulent activity in | ||||||
| 13 | the unemployment benefits system, including establishing a | ||||||
| 14 | safe, secure, and expedited method of notification from one | ||||||
| 15 | agency to another whenever there is suspected fraud in the | ||||||
| 16 | benefits claimed by or paid to an Illinois resident. The | ||||||
| 17 | Department may establish a safe and secure database containing | ||||||
| 18 | any reported or suspected case of fraud which shall be | ||||||
| 19 | accessible to the Department of Revenue for purposes of | ||||||
| 20 | identifying individuals who have claimed or been paid | ||||||
| 21 | fraudulent unemployment benefits.
| ||||||