Amendment #49 to H4461

Improving vocational training opportunities for unemployed workers

Representatives Scibak of South Hadley and Gordon of Bedford move to amend the bill by inserting the following new section:

Section X

SECTION 1. Section 30 of chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 43, the word “fifteenth” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- twentieth.

SECTION 2. Said section 30 of said chapter 151A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 45, the figure “15” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 20.

SECTION 3. Said section 30 of said chapter 151A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 45, after the word “tolled” the following words:- and circumstances under which the application may be waived for good cause.

SECTION 4. Said section 30 of said chapter 151A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “denied”, in line 55, the following words:- ; provided further, that the claimant shall not be barred from applying for or commencing training beyond the expiration of the claimant’s benefit year where the claim for regular benefits was denied and the reversal of said denial did not occur until after the thirty-first week of the claimant’s benefit year.

SECTION 5. Said section 30 of said chapter 151A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the last paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

The department shall provide each claimant with written information regarding eligibility for benefits under this section in the claimant’s primary language, as required under section 62A, including a notification that a claimant shall submit any application for benefits under this section no later than the twentieth week of a new or continued claim unless the period is tolled by regulation or waived for good cause.

SECTION 6. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2017.