SB373 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Arthur OrrSenator
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Greg Albritton Gerald H. Allen Tom Butler Clyde Chambliss Chris Elliott Andrew Jones Steve Livingston Jim McClendon Greg J. Reed Clay Scofield David Sessions Larry Stutts J.T. Waggoner Jack W. Williams
Session: Regular Session 2021
Title: Labor Dept., adoption of policies to recover improper overpayments of unemployment benefits
Summary: The bill strengthens Alabama's unemployment program by detecting fraud, verifying eligibility, and recovering improper benefit overpayments.
What This Bill Does
It requires the Alabama Department of Labor to adopt policies to recover improper unemployment benefit overpayments to the fullest extent allowed by law. It requires weekly checks of unemployment rolls against inmate lists and new hire records, uses the Integrity Data Hub, and cooperates with the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General to detect fraud. It allows information sharing with other agencies, requires case reviews if circumstances change, and imposes an annual report to the Legislature on fraud prevention and recovery results, with the law taking effect January 1, 2022.

Who It Affects
Unemployment benefit recipients in Alabama may be subject to closer scrutiny and potential recovery of any improper overpayments identified through the enhanced verification and fraud-detection processes.
The Alabama Department of Labor and its partner agencies (including the U.S. DOL Office of Inspector General and other data-sharing entities) will implement new policies, perform weekly data checks, and produce annual reports.

Key Provisions
Internal policies to recover improper unemployment benefit overpayments to the fullest extent allowed by law, with records of any recovery exceptions.
Weekly program integrity checks, including comparing unemployment rolls with incarcerated lists and new hires (NDNH), using the Integrity Data Hub, forming MOUs for information sharing, partnering with the US DOL Office of Inspector General to detect fraud, reviewing cases when eligibility may change, and annually reporting to the Legislature on fraud detection and recovery, with an effective date of January 1, 2022.

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Subjects: WelfareUnemployment Compensation