UNEMPLOYMENT INS-FRAUD

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an individual who for the purpose of obtaining benefits fails to notify the Department of Employment Security when he or she quits, is discharged from work, or refuses work, or fails to look for work when required to do so, and reports to the Department that he or she searched for work, and thereby obtains any sum as benefits for which he or she is not eligible has committed unemployment insurance fraud. Provides that when any law enforcement official or the Department requests information from an employer or any other person for the purpose of detecting, prosecuting, or preventing unemployment insurance fraud, then the employer or other person shall take all reasonable actions to promptly provide the information requested, subject to any legal privilege protecting the information. Effective immediately.