Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 728
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/09/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Flores) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 175 - 201
    4  and insert:
    5  each prospective employer contacted, or the date the claimant
    6  reported to a one-stop career center, pursuant to paragraph (d).
    7         2. The administrator or operator of the initial skills
    8  review shall notify the agency when the individual completes the
    9  initial skills review and report the results of the review to
   10  the regional workforce board or the one-stop career center as
   11  directed by the workforce board. The workforce board shall use
   12  the initial skills review to develop a plan for referring
   13  individuals to training and employment opportunities. The
   14  failure of the individual to comply with this requirement will
   15  result in the individual being determined ineligible for
   16  benefits for the week in which the noncompliance occurred and
   17  for any subsequent week of unemployment until the requirement is
   18  satisfied. However, this requirement does not apply if the
   19  individual is able to affirmatively attest to being unable to
   20  complete such review due to illiteracy or a language impediment.
   21         (d) She or he is able to work and is available for work. In
   22  order to assess eligibility for a claimed week of unemployment,
   23  the agency shall develop criteria to determine a claimant’s
   24  ability to work and availability for work. A claimant must be
   25  actively seeking work in order to be considered available for
   26  work. This means engaging in systematic and sustained efforts to
   27  find work, including contacting at least five prospective
   28  employers for each week of unemployment claimed. The agency may
   29  require the claimant to provide proof of such efforts to the
   30  one-stop career center as part of reemployment services. The
   31  agency shall conduct random reviews of work search information
   32  provided by claimants. As an alternative to contacting at least
   33  five prospective employers for any week of unemployment claimed,
   34  a claimant may, for that same week, report in person to a one
   35  stop career center to meet with a representative of the center
   36  and access reemployment services of the center. The center shall
   37  keep a record of the services or information provided to the
   38  claimant and shall provide the records to the agency upon
   39  request by the agency. However:
   40