§ 321.5

California Unemployment Insurance Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) For purposes of preventing payments on fraudulent claims for unemployment compensation benefits, the Director of Employment Development shall verify, with the information provided by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to Section 11105.9 of the Penal Code, that the claimant is not an inmate currently incarcerated in the state prisons.

(b) The Employment Development Department shall complete necessary system programming or automation upgrades to allow electronic monitoring of Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmate data to prevent payment on fraudulent claims for unemployment compensation benefits at the earliest possible date, but not later than September 1, 2023.

(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 511, Sec. 2. (AB 110) Effective October 5, 2021.)

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