                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE  JULY 1, 2028) PROGRAM INTEGRITY (§ 60.2-612.1)

A. In order to verify that an individual is eligible to receive benefits, the
Commission shall conduct all mandatory and recommended program integrity
activities as identified by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training
Administration and the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General.

B. The Commission shall perform a full eligibility review of suspicious or
potentially improper claims. In determining if a claim is suspicious or
potentially improper, the Commission shall consider the factors utilized by the
Integrity Data Hub and any additional factors that may be appropriate, including
commonalities in physical addresses, mailing addresses, internet protocol
addresses, email addresses, multi-factor authentication, and bank accounts.

C. The Commission shall recover any improper overpayment of benefits to the
fullest extent authorized by this title and federal law.

D. The Department of Social Services, the Department of Medical Assistance
Services, and the Department of Housing and Community Development, upon receipt
of notification that an individual enrolled in any of such department&#8217;s
public assistance programs has become employed, shall notify the Commission of
such fact in order for the Commission to determine the individual&#8217;s
eligibility for benefits.

E. The Commission may enter into a memorandum of understanding with any state
agency necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

F. The Commission shall report by December 1 of each year to the Commission on
Unemployment Compensation addressing the implementation and enforcement of the
provisions of this section. The report shall include:

   1. The Commission&#8217;s general program integrity processes, including
   tools, resources, and databases utilized, to the extent that sharing the
   information does not jeopardize program integrity measures;

   2. A description of efforts to identify, prevent, and recover improper
   overpayments of benefits and fraudulent payments and measures being taken to
   improve such efforts;

   3. The type and amount of improper payments detected retroactively;

   4. The type and amount of improper payments prevented;

   5. Moneys saved in preventing improper overpayments and, if any, in recouping
   improper overpayments; and

   6. An explanation for the nonrecovery of overpayments, including the
   application of any allowable recovery exceptions.

HISTORY: 2022, c. 740; 2024, cc. 746, 772.