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20 C.F.R. § 603.2   Definitions.

Title 20 - Employees' Benefits

Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 603—INCOME AND ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM
Subpart A—Income and Eligibility Verification System

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§ 603.2   Definitions.

For the purposes of this part:

(a) State unemployment compensation agency means the agency charged with the administration of the unemployment compensation law approved by the Secretary of Labor under section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3304).

(b) Wage information means information about wages as defined in the State's unemployment compensation law and includes the Social Security Number (or numbers, if more than one) and quarterly wages of an employee, and the name, address, State, and (when known) Federal employer identification number of an employer reporting wages under a State unemployment compensation law, except that in a State in which wages are not required to be reported under the unemployment compensation law, “wage information” means:

(1) That wage information which is reported under provisions of State law which fulfill the requirements of section 1137 of the Social Security Act; or

(2) That information which is obtained through an alternative system which fulfills the requirements of section 1137 of the Social Security Act.

(c) Claim information means information regarding:

(1) Whether an individual is receiving, has received or has applied for unemployment compensation;

(2) The amount of compensation the individual is receiving or is entitled to receive;

(3) The individual's current (or most recent) home address; and

(4) Whether the individual has refused an offer of work and, if so, a description of the job offered including the terms, conditions, and rate of pay.

(5) Any other information contained in the records of the State unemployment compensation agency which is needed by the requesting agency to verify eligibility for, and the amount of, benefits.

(d) Requesting agency means:

(1) Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program under a State plan approved under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act;

(2) Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of the Medicaid program under a State plan approved under title XIX of the Social Security Act;

(3) Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of the Food Stamp program under the Food Stamp Act of 1977;

(4) Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of enforcing a program under a plan approved under title I, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act;

(5) Any State or local child support enforcement agency charged with the responsibility of enforcing child support obligations under a plan approved under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act; and

(6) The Secretary of Health and Human Services in establishing or verifying eligibility or benefit amounts under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (section 1137(a)).

[51 FR 7207, Feb. 28, 1986, as amended at 71 FR 35513, June 21, 2006]

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