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SB 763 Textile Workers Relief Act of 2000.

Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Textile Workers Relief Act of 2000. Provides a state Medicaid program and additional unemployment benefits for displaced Virginia workers in high-unemployment areas. The Board of Medical Assistance Services is directed to develop the State Program for Displaced Virginia Workers to provide at least 24 months coverage for individuals and their families who are eligible for NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance. For displaced workers whose residence or last place of employment is in a locality with an unemployment rate of 10 percent or greater as of January 1, 2000, the weekly unemployment benefit amount is increased by 43 percent, with a maximum weekly benefit amount of $332. The current maximum is $232. Displaced employees in high-unemployment localities do not have to serve a statutory waiting week for benefits, and those former employees in industries requiring shift work shall not be deemed unavailable for work if enrolled in higher education, provided that such enrollment only limits the employee’s availability for work in one shift and the employee is otherwise available to work any other shifts. The bill has an emergency clause, and the Medicaid and unemployment benefits shall expire on July 1, 2003.


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